Even those of us who took a long time to heal (me) weren't feeling as bad as we did right after treatment for seven full months--just not fully back to normal energy (acutally, two years out from treatment I'm recognizing I may never be fully back to my pre-cancer level of energy which was pretty high--but my energy is well within the nomral range). His energy and taste will come back quite a bit before seven months are up. And, for me, my appetite came back when I finally healed enough to get off the prescription pain meds--which was four months after treatment was over but I had pretty ssrious mouth sores up until then--others get off them much more quickly.

We all are different in how we respond to radiation and thuse how long the healing takes us. And chemo as well (like Gary, I had a low WBC for about 4 mos. after chemo and 2 years later I'm STILL slightly anemic, both things that did not help fast recovery). For someone used to healing quicker from lesser things who is used to being active (as I was), it CAN be extremely frustrating how long it takes. Patience is definitely needed.

Nelie