Tony,

I finished my 5th treatment yesterday. You are correct, I am an old hand at it already. I basically am throwing off my coat and shirt during the walk down the hallway and dialing up my Pandora app on my phone to listen to music. Five minutes later I'm done. I haven't had any noticeable side effects to this point. I do have dry mouth in the morning when I wake up, but I've had this since after surgery. I don't have dental rolls but they do put what looks like a foam ice cream stick in my mouth to keep my tongue on the bottom in the area they are radiating. I jogged a couple of miles the other night and I'm working full time. I'm keeping up my caloric intake and also using the Whey protein supplement once a day. I have been using my dental trays every night before bed and also a water pic a couple of times a day. I am drinking approx. 11 cups of water a day. I'm taking 2 quarts to work in a jug and filling my coffee cup during the day. I am also drinking coffee in the morning still. I stay away from soda and sweets as I want to avoid sugar as much as possible. This treatment cannot get over soon enough. I am going to take bets on which lasts longer, the miserably cold and snowy winter or the treatment period. I'm betting the winter since I would like to jog/walk on March 15 in the St. Patty's day 4miler in Westport. I have already signed up for it. I figure I will make plans and if I am not up to it when the time comes, then cancel. Thank you all for keeping me going. I have found a great amount of information that is helping me through this and I cannot thank you all enough. I will keep you all posted same time, same place next week. Although its not the club that anyone wants to join, its members are a class act!

John