I finished radiation on Sept. 8. I was really lucky through treatment, eating a little solid food like eggs, bologna, guacamole on my eggs, even a little fish, all the way through treatment. I am a marathon runner and continued running just a little, about 13 miles a week, even in the final weeks of treatment. I went back to work Oct. 11, started to get my taste back pretty well in November and can even taste sweets now.
I overdid and have had to slow down a little, cut my running and rest more, but overall, it's not been bad.
My Dec. 1 PET and CT were clear. I have been very, very fortunate.
I have some puffiness on the right side of my neck that's from radiation, the docs tell me, and I've had some tingling in my legs lately, which I've read about on this forum.
So my minor question is whether this sounds normal (I think it is) for 3.5 months post treatment: About a week after my scans, a small, circular open sore popped up at the left corner where my tongue attaches to the tonsil area. My cancer was in my right tonsil and I got the highest radiation dose on that side. I've had a sore spot on that side the whole time that's gotten slowly better. Is a small sore on the opposite side within the range of normal? It's red and hurts a bit as the day goes on. Magic mouthwash soothes it pretty well.
It's been pretty cold here in Detroit, and my mouth is still pretty dry. I hate to call the nurse practitioners on every little thing; I've become something of a hypochondriac.