"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | I remember those two weeks vividly. I guess its like stopping a train or turning a ship at sea. The effects of the radiation have a certain amount of momentum and don�t start to diminish for a few weeks. I too felt those two weeks where the worst. Painkillers sleep and liquid food; that was my existence.
The good news is that your two weeks are over and you should notice a gradual change. Mind you, its not much at first, but it should get better soon.
Kelly Male 48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt., Stage 1, T3n0m0, Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09 04-20-10 NED 8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b 10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly 3-12-12 PET - residual cancer 4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux 6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR 12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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