Update on Mother

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json_2011
json_2011 Member Posts: 100
in Esophageal Cancer #1
Hey gang , I have been visiting with Mother and without a computer for a couple of weeks. A much needed visit and will be back to stay again in a couple of weeks. She has completed 2 rounds of chemo - cystplatin , taxol. One more chemo and then I guess a test or two, feeding tube , then radation. Any advice on going threw radation wil be much helpful.






Jason

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  • ritawaite13
    ritawaite13 Member Posts: 236
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    Aquaphor
    Hi
    My husband just completed 28 radiation treatments and I think the Aquaphor ointment was a God send. His neck blistered but the ointment did help. Because he's claustrophobic he also needed a chill pill to be able to handle it. His Doc recommended Atavan and that seemed to work. As for pain inside the throat, he used Fentanyl pain patches and liquid oxycodone. Best of luck to your mom Jason.
  • TerryV
    TerryV Member Posts: 887
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    Pre-Ice
    Jason,

    Nick found that icing the radiation site really helped "the burn". He put an ice pack on the radiation point about an hour before radiation started.

    Best of luck to your mom as she goes through treatment.

    Terry
    Wife to Nick
    dx Stage 3, May 19, 2011
    THE surgery, Sept 8, 2011
  • json_2011
    json_2011 Member Posts: 100
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    ritawaite13 said:

    Aquaphor
    Hi
    My husband just completed 28 radiation treatments and I think the Aquaphor ointment was a God send. His neck blistered but the ointment did help. Because he's claustrophobic he also needed a chill pill to be able to handle it. His Doc recommended Atavan and that seemed to work. As for pain inside the throat, he used Fentanyl pain patches and liquid oxycodone. Best of luck to your mom Jason.

    much thanks Rita
    I will def. relay the message to mother and the docs. Thankyou for this and hope your husband is doing good.
  • json_2011
    json_2011 Member Posts: 100
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    TerryV said:

    Pre-Ice
    Jason,

    Nick found that icing the radiation site really helped "the burn". He put an ice pack on the radiation point about an hour before radiation started.

    Best of luck to your mom as she goes through treatment.

    Terry
    Wife to Nick
    dx Stage 3, May 19, 2011
    THE surgery, Sept 8, 2011

    Thankyou will tell Mother
    Thankyou for helping us out, we will def. try this. I hope Terry and yourself are hanging tough. Keep the faith.





    Jason

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