Thank you all for your responses. Dad did finish his last week of radiation. The doctor did cancel his last chemo session saying it was not necessary since chemo essentially 'cripples' cells for rad. to 'kill'. I'm not 100% sure if the dr did that solely for that reason or if it was some sort of comprimise but Dad had 3 radiations scheduled for after last chemo so he finished out his last 3 rad minus the chemo.
Anyways, I intially logged on to ask person/s (who are at least 3-4 months out from last treatment) the following questions:
-preface-(I know it differs from patient to patient) When do you typically start to feel the very beginning of getting better post treatment? Dr. says it doesn't get any worse w/ last 3 treatment but like a sunburn you will feel worse 1-2 weeks or so then you feel presently. I did mention to Dad in front of Dr. if he may need additional pain management and they both dismissed it. But after reading responses I'm more convinced it would help. Is it to late to mention again? How long do you need highest pain management? Do you begin to come down on meds a couple months after? a year? or always have it no matter how long it's been? (i'm not asking out of concern for dependency b/c isn't comfort more important?) On that note: is there a heads up he should know regarding physical dependenmcy where a patient would need to switch up if stops wprking as well?
Sorry if this is too long...should I be splitting this up in seperate posts for future refernce