Four Weeks Post Treatment- Tomorrow is 4 weeks since last treatment. It will be a busy day so I'm writing this the night before. Everything continues to improve.

Skin burns on neck - are gone, back to normal appearance, been wearing shirts with collars now for 2 weeks.

Mucositis - hasn't been bad this week, much improved over last week; haven't needed any lidocaine in maybe 3-4 days.
Still have that copper penny taste in the mouth, particularly after eating, but a tooth brushing takes care of it.

Rope Mucous - still have some of that, but it's not as bad as it was. I think that Mucinex tablet every morning is helping with it nicely.

Taste - I think some taste is coming back, enough to make me want to eat normal food all meals now. Haven't had an Ensure in maybe 3 days. And with eating normal food the weight is coming back, have gained maybe 3 pounds since last Friday.

Things are improving nicely, have my 30 day checkup with the RO on Monday.

I hope all of you have a great weekend, temp is going down to 11 tonight, so it will be cold tomorrow, but I won't miss opportunities to go to dance club.

Tony

Last edited by n74tg; 01-23-2014 07:31 PM.
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good