 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | While depression can and does happen, I think knowing about the 'bottoming out' after treatment will help prevent it from occurring. Celebrate the last treatment by doing something you like to do. Sleep in, go for a walk. Yes, the next three weeks or more will be difficult as the radiation keeps on giving. Try to get a little exercise and realize that it getting back to your new normal will take probably 6 months or more. It is a long road trying to figure out what you can eat especially as tastes and saliva vary daily. Hang in there, you can do it.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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