 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF, Mike! Congrats on finishing your treatments! Its not easy but you did it. Now you are in recovery mode. It can be a long road too full of ups and downs. Radiation keeps working even after you have finished treatment. Doctors say it takes one month of recovery for every week of rads. It can take a full 2 years to fully recover.
As far as swallowing goes, be careful!!!! you do not want to attempt to drink something and end up with it going into your lungs. Please talk with your doctor and have them set you up with a swallow study and a speech/swallowing pathologist. Swallowing needs to be done safely.
Best wishes with your continuing recovery!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
