The first month post-radiation was just terrible for me and I was very mad that the Docs did not warn me that it would be. After a month things got very gradually better but I could at least tell that things were improving. Milk products created thick phlegm so I avoided them.

I'm now 19 weeks post radiation and the only annoying side effects that I still have are dry mouth, for which my ENT prescribed Pilocarpine, which has just kicked in after taking it a month, and numb soles of my feet from the chemo.


Stage 3-4 Squamous BOT diagnosed 3/19/12
Molars removed 3/29/12
(Cisplatin) inpatient: 4/11/12-4/16/12; 5/2/12-5/9/12; 5/29/12-6/4/12
Feeding tube: 8/9/12-11/21/12
Radiation 8/10/12-8/29/12
Chemo 1X/week 8/10/12-8/22/12
Last PET/CT clear: 9/17/13