Taking a Vacation After Head and Neck Cancer

[@tiredofthebullcrap9382]

Hey Jeff.hope all is well with you.had my last treatment for my stage 3 throat cancer in may this year.boy did things go south for a while.had all the norm side effects.lost a lot of weight but thankfully no feeding tube.did drink a lot of boost and ensure.in aug i had to have a trach put in.i was swelling from radition i had months earlier.so far i havent swellen up in last 3 weeks.praying get trach out next year.while in hospital for trach i went in to afib.now i have a pace maker thanks to chemo i had.after all that im very thankful my 1st pet scan came back cancer free.getting my 2nd pet scan the 26th this month.praying its still gone.prayers for you to continue getting better.Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@overcomingjeff]

Thanks, Frankie! Sorry it's taken so long to respond. I just found a bunch of comments that I apparently accidentally marked as "read." Feel free to post an update.

[@ppsayl1235]

Got to get me there sometime. Thanks for sharing!

[@overcomingjeff]

ppsayl123 - it's a lot of fun and, if you plan far enough in advance, it's not that expensive. We obviously didn't take a vacation the summer I was in treatment (last year). So, we'd been saving for three years and we made our reservations WAY in advance. That made it much more affordable. I'd move to Branson in a heartbeat if I could! Hope you get to visit soon!

[@ppsayl1235]

Hey, Jeff. Just wanted to drop a line and say Merry Christmas. I hope you are doing well since your last video a few months back. Take care.

[@overcomingjeff]

ppsayl123 - Merry Christmas to you, as well! Things have pretty much settled where they're going to be. I need to do an update video. Maybe I'll have some down time over the holidays. Happy 2020 to you!

[@RR-ln9gr]

Hi Jeff ! Which one Would you recommend - chemo , radiation or immunotherapy? Thanks

[@overcomingjeff]

Mary Ann - I'm sorry, but there's no way to answer that without knowing all the details of your case and having about 18-20 years of medical education that I don't possess. Radiation is physically painful. Chemo was more about nausea and headaches. Both have a lot of side effects. The literature I've seen recently seems to indicate Erbitux (immunotherapy) is less effective than Cisplatin (chemotherapy) for oropharyngeal cancer. But, again, it depends on your, individual case. Thanks for watching! #LetsKillFRED