Dad's treatment DONE

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  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #22
    sin9775 said:

    Yay for your dad!!

    Oh Cherie, I so know how you feel!  Congratulations to your dad for getting through his treatment like a trooper.  I pray for him right along with my brother.  Hopefully we will both be able to report great news as far as our loved one's recovery goes! 

    Happy birthday to your daddy.  What did you end up getting him??

    All the best to you and your dad!

    ~Shawn~

    Thanks Shawn! And to you and

    Thanks Shawn! And to you and your brother as well!  I posted a pic of what I got him.  It was nothing big.  They are moving and downsizing...but I figured they were things he could use while healing! I still want to get him something more, but I just don't know. I thought about ordering a neck wrap thing someone mentioned on here.

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #23
    sin9775 said:

    Yay for your dad!!

    Oh Cherie, I so know how you feel!  Congratulations to your dad for getting through his treatment like a trooper.  I pray for him right along with my brother.  Hopefully we will both be able to report great news as far as our loved one's recovery goes! 

    Happy birthday to your daddy.  What did you end up getting him??

    All the best to you and your dad!

    ~Shawn~

    Thanks Shawn! And to you and

    Thanks Shawn! And to you and your brother as well!  I posted a pic of what I got him.  It was nothing big.  They are moving and downsizing...but I figured they were things he could use while healing! I still want to get him something more, but I just don't know. I thought about ordering a neck wrap thing someone mentioned on here.

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #24
    CivilMatt said:

    Cherie,

    I will ring my bell for your Dad.  Besides the neck burn I started to (slowly) feel better and improve soon after treatment ended.  A great big weight has been lifted off your Dad I hope your family has many, many sunny days ahead.

    Matt

    Thanks Matt and wishing you

    Thanks Matt and wishing you many many sunny days as well!  Also, thanks for all your support and wisdom! It's been greatly appreciated! I hope you all know that!

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #25
    VanessaSLO said:

    Glad that it is over!!

    Cherie, you remind me of myself... I was in the same state as you are now, last September. The truth is that my dad was really "cooking" first month after rads were done and it was the worst. He was hospitalised and put on IV fluids for 3 weeks. But he felt good there in hospital because they took good care of him. He did not have PEG tube so IV fluids were absolutely necessary. He could not eat or dring anything for the first month. Only a few sips of tea. Then, after first month, things slowly started to improve. But for the first trhee or four months he mostly slept all day and eat his pain killers.

    Your dad will go thru this too, I just know it! And yes, it is great to know that at least he is done with treatments and now he is on his way to recover with no more damages to the skin or the neck.

    Thanks Vanessa! I know its

    Thanks Vanessa! I know its going to take some time, but I'm just so relieved!

  • debbiejeanne
    debbiejeanne Member Posts: 3,102 Member
    #26
    CherieLW said:

    Thanks everyone! Dad was the

    Thanks everyone! Dad was the one doing the ringing! I just got to dance!  And he will have a great bday, as great as it can be. :)

    GOOD 4 DAD!  and i heard the

    GOOD 4 DAD!  and i heard the bell ring loud and clear!  now ur dad can celebrate ringing the bell and his birthday!!  YOU GO DAD!

    dj

  • wild willy
    wild willy Member Posts: 63 Member
    #27
    congrats to dad

    things will get better. i'm 73 now and 3.5 yrs out and cancer free. i eat every i want most of the time.i have about 80% of saliva back but no taste. i work around our little farm every day and still ride horses some. i snow ski in colorado every winter and take a pack trip into the rockies elk hunting every year . i had to miss out on these things 1 year but you have to keep pushing on. so tell your dad its just a matter of time before things improve.  Bill

  • robswife87
    robswife87 Member Posts: 209
    #28
    wild willy said:

    congrats to dad

    things will get better. i'm 73 now and 3.5 yrs out and cancer free. i eat every i want most of the time.i have about 80% of saliva back but no taste. i work around our little farm every day and still ride horses some. i snow ski in colorado every winter and take a pack trip into the rockies elk hunting every year . i had to miss out on these things 1 year but you have to keep pushing on. so tell your dad its just a matter of time before things improve.  Bill

    Way to go Dad

    So glad the day after day crap is over for him. Now to finish cooking on the inside and start the climb back up. I look back to even 4 weeks ago and Rob has really started to climb up. It was real slow in the beginning. Your dad will probably be miserable for a couple weeks but the only thing to keep pushing him on is drink and swallow at least a half bottle a day. That's all Rob could do for awhile, but he had the worst case of Thrush most of the nurses had ever seen. 

    The thrush disappeared over night and the eating began. Popped the tube last week. He is having some withdrawl problems but just another round of crap on the climb.

    Tell Dad to hang in there, drink and keep on trucking on

    Sandy

  • MICH4EL
    MICH4EL Member Posts: 73
    #29
    Congrats!

    Congratulations to you and your dad.  Yes, it is till a long way out of the abyss, but being done with radiation is a major, major milestone.  Good luck on the road to recovery, now.

     

    m

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #30
    wild willy said:

    congrats to dad

    things will get better. i'm 73 now and 3.5 yrs out and cancer free. i eat every i want most of the time.i have about 80% of saliva back but no taste. i work around our little farm every day and still ride horses some. i snow ski in colorado every winter and take a pack trip into the rockies elk hunting every year . i had to miss out on these things 1 year but you have to keep pushing on. so tell your dad its just a matter of time before things improve.  Bill

    Thanks for all the

    Thanks for all the encouragement Bill (and everyone!)! I know its going to take time... Dad had a pretty exhausting weekend.  Didn't do much, but we all went to my older sisters and visited. 

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #31
    robswife87 said:

    Way to go Dad

    So glad the day after day crap is over for him. Now to finish cooking on the inside and start the climb back up. I look back to even 4 weeks ago and Rob has really started to climb up. It was real slow in the beginning. Your dad will probably be miserable for a couple weeks but the only thing to keep pushing him on is drink and swallow at least a half bottle a day. That's all Rob could do for awhile, but he had the worst case of Thrush most of the nurses had ever seen. 

    The thrush disappeared over night and the eating began. Popped the tube last week. He is having some withdrawl problems but just another round of crap on the climb.

    Tell Dad to hang in there, drink and keep on trucking on

    Sandy

    Sandy,
    I think I recall you

    Sandy,

    I think I recall you mentioning Rob's thrush problems... so far dad has been hanging in there, but drinking minimum water by mouth.  I feel like I can only push him so much before I annoy him.  Hope that he increases his intake.  Thanks for keeping us all in  your thoughts!  Hope that Rob keeps trucking too! :) 

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #32
    MICH4EL said:

    Congrats!

    Congratulations to you and your dad.  Yes, it is till a long way out of the abyss, but being done with radiation is a major, major milestone.  Good luck on the road to recovery, now.

     

    m

    Thanks Michael, I can't wait

    Thanks Michael, I can't wait to see my dad recover! I am so relieved that he is done with treatment, yes a big milestone.  I just hope that he keeps taking the necessary steps to get better!

  • catfish_58
    catfish_58 Member Posts: 138 Member
    #33
    congrats

    Congrats to your father for ringing the bell,Plus tell him Happy Birthday and hope his has many,many more.

  • CherieLW
    CherieLW Member Posts: 472
    #34
    catfish_58 said:

    congrats

    Congrats to your father for ringing the bell,Plus tell him Happy Birthday and hope his has many,many more.

    Thank you! I hope so too as

    Thank you! I hope so too as well as all the other survivors! He had a pretty good bday!

  • debbiejeanne
    debbiejeanne Member Posts: 3,102 Member
    #35
    cherie, really like the new

    cherie, really like the new pic.  new pic for new stage of the trip...lol.

    dj

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