Everyone is different and heals at a different rate, but I've found I'm able to eat softer/wet foods now. I'm 6 weeks out of radiation. Things started to improve ~2 weeks out of radiation for me and continued to improve as I was able to reduce the medicine I was on.

It takes a long time for your body to heal and each day there are only miniscule improvements.

For a lot of people, they begin to see light at the end of the tunnel after 2 or 3 weeks post treatment. Radiation has a delayed impact on the body, so effects are not felt immediately. I have to keep looking back where I was at the end of treatment now to see how truly far I have come to keep myself sane. It's frustrating but it will get better.

Last edited by AndrewL; 05-15-2013 04:44 PM. Reason: clarity

Andrew
age 25

early 10/12 - enlarged lymph node area
01/13 SCC of L tonsil, L BOT, 2 L lymph nodes
stage IVa, T2N2bM0, HPV+

2/13 2 doses cisplatin big bag, 2 doses weekly cisplatin + 35x IMRT
4/13 TX finished
7/13 PET/CT - NED!