 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Yes, congrats on his finishing treatment. You've probably heard it already, but he will be fairly uncomfortable for probably 6 to 7 weeks post treatment. I thought recovery would be linear; I would feel a little less bad every day until all the side effects were gone. That's not how it was with me; some days and some weeks are better and some worse; none of them as bad as they were immediately upon completion of treatment, but it isn't linear either.
Mucositis, ropey mucous, dry mouth, throat and sinuses, thrush, trismus; these are just a few of the things to watch out for. I found the NeilMed sinus irrigator (Walmart) works wonders at removing the gunk from the sinuses.
Tell him to keep fighting, he just can't relax quite yet.
take care
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
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