 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Congrats to your mother for completing her treatments! Being only one week post rads, the acidic taste is normal. The radiation is still working even though she has finished her treatments. Recovery from radiation can take a long time. In a couple weeks your mother should begin to feel a little better. Continue pushing her intake with the minimums of 2500 calories and 48-64 oz of water daily for at least the first year. Ask the doc about adding high protein whey powder to her diet to help speed healing. It dissolves easily in water and can go down the peg tube if she has one.
Best wishes with her continued recovery!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
