Went in for radiation this morning and the machine was down....so instead of me coming back later in the day they told me to take the day off since my throat and tongue were so swollen and sore. They also gave me liquid morphine for the pain, though I didnt ask for it they told me to take it. The 1 thing that I ask for they cant do anything for and that is the feeling of someone sticking there finger down my throat all day! That is what is making me nausious, apparently it is the thick mucuous stuck in the back of my throat! Nothing that I have tried gets rid of that feeling? Any suggestions???


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"