Hi Carol:
Congrats on completion of treatment. That milestone is a big one. If his treatment was hard to go through I'm sure he is looking forward to things getting better. Sadly, that won't happen for awhile. I've heard over and over that if you went through 7 weeks of radiation treatment you can expect 7 more weeks after before things start to feel better, and it could be longer than that for some.

I know you don't want to hear more bad news right now, but sadly that's the reality of it. I had very few symptoms during treatment, so I thought my recovery would be about as easy. Boy, was I ever wrong. I'm six month's post radiation right now and while nothing is bad, getting back to normal is a slow process. My taste for food is still negatively affected and my sinuses and throat are still messed up.

I thought recovery would be a linear thing. Every day I would just feel a little less bad until I didn't feel bad at all. Sadly, that's not the way it is for me. Some weeks are better, some are worse. It takes some getting used too. But, I'm way better than I was where you are right now.

Keep fighting, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Tony