Tonight was the 10th treatment, 20 more to go.
It looks that the bad side effects are starting. My throat has started feeling dry and hurting a little. My skin is a bit red, like a mild sunburn. I am tiring more and more easily. I have to admit that I am quite disappointed, as I was hoping this things would kick in later.
Also, I could feel the gabapentin's side effects too. I get drowsy, tired and occasionally quite dizzy.

I have seen my RO on Thursday and, among other things, inquired about Manuka honey. He specifically told me not to use it. He is very academic (he is a professor at JH medical school, too) and mentioned some studies. If I understood correctly, there has been research that showed that the honey has beneficial properties. However, there are no studies that looked if this beneficial properties are for healthy cells only, or all the cells, including cancer ones. So he felt it was best not risk anything.

36, female, left tonsil HPV+ SCC, T2N1
8/28/13 SCC in left tonsil
9/12/13 surgery:TORS and selective neck dissection (levels II-IV), 23 nodes removed
9/18/13 post surgery biopsy: 2mm clear margins, a 7mm lymph node positive in level IV, no ECL
10/28/13 rad begins, 30 treatments, tomotherapy
12/09/13 radiation ends!
2/10/14 papillary thyroid cancer
2/26/14 PET shows clear neck other than thyroid cancer, but with high uptake in an ovarian cyst
2/27/14 thyroidectomy
3/5/14 pelvic ultrasound