Hi! Had my first radiation treatment for parotid-MALT today.

At the time, the worst challenge was handling the "mask", being locked onto the table for 20 minutes. (Claustrophobic me, of course.)

Everything was fine until about 5 hours afterward. Some of the area is still numb from the parotidectomy surgery (Oct. 28), but the rest of the area feels like minor sunburn. There's no redness at present, just warmth at the surgery site and a bit of discomfort like I got too much sun.

Is this normal? I didn't expect to have side effects so soon. Just checking.

THanks so much!