Ankur - it looks like your surgery and recovery went great; very few side effects, the pain was minimal or well handled via medication and healing occured quickly. That's all wonderful to hear because for so many they don't heal quickly like you did; they have significant side effects.

But, maybe the best thing of all is you have obviously maintained a really positive attitude through the surgery and recovery. That is very noticeable in your writing and it will help others who come after you to maintain a positive attitude also.

Keep that wonderful attitude up, it will help you get through radiation just like it helped you get through surgery. I had very few side effects from radiation treatment, maybe you will be luckly like that too.

Keep writing about what is going on with you.

Tony

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