ok.I did get sores in my mouth, and my neck the skin peeled and then was really red and gooey for a while. Also was nauseated and vomitted for the last 4 weeks of radiation. I didn't get my peg tube put in till 4 weeks in, and wish they would have put it in sooner.
I started developing sores in my mouth after the first week, but it isn't that way for everyone.
I also lost my voice the last 2 weeks and it came back 2 weeks after radiation ended. Lost hair in the radiated areas as well, but it's starting to grow back now.
If you want to know anything specific about radiation, ask away.
Hope everything goes as smoothly as possible!!
25/female at diagnosis Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010 Surgery 04/13/2010 Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue. 30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010 |