Indy, glad to hear that you made it through the treatments, hope everything goes ok from here.

When I was first told what I was going to have to go through, I too made up my mind that I was not going to let this kick me in the butt, but that I was going to kick IT in the butt and absolutely refuse to have any ill side effects. That attitude worked for a while until the pain got too intense and I couldn't eat or drink, still managed through with out PEG, etc, just wound up in the hospital getting fed by IV for a week while my tongue healed enough from radiation that I was able to eat again.

Point was, even though I felt bad, I still made myself walk the 5 blocks to the taxi stand instead of taking the taxi from the hotel, still made myself wander around a little bit during the day.

Part of this I credit to the pastor of the church I go to in U.S., an ex-marine who takes the same attitude in religion as he did fighting the enemy in the marines, and instilled in me the never-give-up attitude.

I was lucky though I didn't have some of the physical difficulties some are having, and am thankful for that. Just to let new people know, it's not always horror show, sometimes just darn difficult if you're lucky.
Bob S.