OP      Senior Member (100+ posts)    Joined:  May 2009  Posts: 113  |    17 treatments down 16 to go!  I have been counting up everyday and now I can finally start counting down!  My neck is becoming very red and sensitive!  Thank God I pretty much shave my head because I have 3 quarter size bald spots on the back of my head...lol!  Just a quick update, still eating as much as i can possibly handle.  I noticed myself getting nasious for about 3 days but felt really good today.  Got up this morning and played some tennis, I am looking at all the sweating and exercise as buring out all the bad toxins in my body!  Then of course I took a 2 hour nap!  That might not sound like a big deal but I NEVER take naps!  I have a couple sores on my tongue and my throat is pretty sore to swallow and eat but all in all I think I am still doing pretty well.  I got the humidifier on thursday and it made a huge difference in the morning when I wake up.  My throat is still very dry and sore but not near as bad as it was!  I starting to take percocet about 2 times a day (5/325) by mouth late last week to make myself a little more comfortable thru out the day!  Back to the Grind tomorrow!  I started on July 1st at 198.8 and weighed in this morning at 194.5!  Not to bad...no feeding tube either!  Hope you all had a great weekend!        
30 yr old M non-smoker (stuborn ass italian) SCC left side Tongue 2/17/09, Partial Gloss. 2/25/09 Left ND 5/20/09 10 nodes, 1 pos (1.7cm w/xtra cap spread) Finished Rads IMRT X 33 8/18/09 (70gy)No PEG, No Chemo "On the long road to recovery 1 step at a time"    |