Don't you hate it when you mention a side effect to your doctor, and just because they have never heard of it before they assume it is not related to the cancer treatment? This has happened to me several times, tne most recent one this past week when I was getting my quarterly check-up at MD Anderson. I mentioned a couple radiation side effects I have been having (which I have found others have had on this site); one of which is that I now get a shock down my spine whenever I bend my head down. The fellow assured me "no that wouldn't be from the treatment"... really? It is just a coincidence that my body is acting all types of crazy ways after I finish my cancer treatment? Frustrating!
Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis HPV-, no risk factors T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection 30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin) 1/13/12 last day of treatment Diagnosed October 2011