My mom is 70 yrs. old and had a partial glossectomy(tumor plus about 1/6 of tongue)and modified radical neck dissection(7 out of 29 lymph nodes positive plus extranodal cancer) three weeks ago tomorrow.We are seeing the radiation oncologist tomorrow.We are terrified about the radiation due to all the horror stories we have read about radiation side effects.She is doing well post-op.Her nasalgastric feeding tube is out and she is eating soft food.she is thinking
about not taking radiation.Help!I am so grateful
to have found this web site!Thanks in advance.