Hi, all. I'm home after surgery to remove the right side of my hard palate and seven teeth; recovering quickly with a well-made obturator and good pain meds. I just found out yesterday that I'm going to need radiation to get the cancer in the nerves around the site. The surgeon says it will be IMRT -- I looked it up and it looks like a very refined and accurate form of radiation therapy. Anybody have experience with this? I'm wondering how long it will go on, whether it's always five times a week for several weeks or what? I'm very worried about losing more teeth, too. Also, is there typically pain with radiation? Hair loss? Or is that true only of chemo? Also, how long do the tattoos stay there?