Today's appointment was rather uneventful, I'm doing head and neck radiation for six weeks, Mon thru Friday. I'm about five hours post RT and my neck is a bit red and irritated, itching, and sort of a prickly heat..mainly around my neck dissection scar. I'm assuming this is normal.
No other side effects yet. The mask makes me crazy, I never thought I was claustrophobic before I laid under that mask for the first time! I will be asking about anxiety meds on doctor day tomorrow.
I'm anxious about this whole ordeal, but I feel good. I'm optimistic.
Non-smoker, non-drinker
10.28.13 Biopsy R front tongue
10.30.13 Stage 2 SCC dx HPV Neg, age 27
11.7.13 Right ptl gloss and R neck diss. Nodes neg and neg margin
1.17.14 SO confirmed SCC recurrence
1.23.14 Right glossectomy crossing into midline some of L remv and hollowed out inside, neg margins
1.28.13 swallowing strained, liq diet, Back L tongue shows poss tumor
2.5.14 Clear CT
2.17.14 Clear PET
3.10.14 Start IMRT
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