Hi John:
I didn't have your type cancer, but I'm sure you'll be getting plenty of replies from others soon. I just wanted to say hi, and let you know how "not alone" you are. I was the same way you are when I finished my treatments - thought things would improve every day, but seemed like I'd take one step forward and two backwards. Everyone is different in their healing, but the most important thing is that your cancer is gone and now you're on the side that will improve, maybe slowly and maybe faster at times. It's been 4 years for me and I still have some bad days. I just thank the good Lord that my cancer is gone and all my PET/CT scans have been clear each time I've had one. I hope you get relief soon, even if it's just something minor. If you read the posts from others, some just breeze through their treatments, and others, like you and I, take our sweet time getting relief.
julieann


Julieann
Nov 2007 SCC on right tonsil following tonsillectomy. Was smoker, QUIT. (Stage IV T2 N2b) 7 weeks radiation one day/wk chemo (carboplatin and 5-FU). Allergic to Taxol; PEG in, lost 30 lbs. TX completed January 2008. PEG out mid- 2008. PET/CT 1/17/2011;2/3/12 NEGATIVE for cancer smile