Fish - today being Feb 12th means you have likely finished the first week of radiation and are beginning to be an old hand at it. Is the mask still fitting okay? In the first week I had a little swelling that made the mask tight, but by week two it was back to normal(and by week 5 the mask started to get a little loose). Are you using dental rolls between cheek and teeth and between teeth and tongue? If you have metal (amalgam) fillings in your teeth they will help prevent tongue burns from the radiation. And did you get fluoride trays to help protect your teeth from the savage effects of radiation?

If you are like most of the rest of us you have about 5 or 6 weeks more of this before treatment is complete.

Keep us posted on how you are doing through the treatment.

Tony


Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good