I spent the last 3 weeks of treatment with a homemade hood to cover evey inch from the sun when I left the house. Soaking in a tub to let the scabs come off my skin helped with the discomfort and stifness.
It was also about 3 weeks post treatment before I could speak above a whisper.


Flip
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Age: 54 SCC Tonsil + 3 nodes
Radiation and Carboplatin
Treatment 4/1 - 6/7/2009
No surgery, no PEG
Never smoked
Drink socially (brew my own beer and love wine. A bottle of scotch lasts me a couple of years)
CT 11/4/09 No sign of envolvement in Tonsil or nodes