 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Recovering from rads can be a long road. A complete recovery can take a full 2 years post rads. Your father will have ups and downs with some setbacks from time to time during those 2 years. Most patients are doing much better about 4 or 5 months post rads with continued smaller improvements with fatigue, sense of taste and swallowing.
Does your father have a feeding tube? What type of things does your father eat or use in his feeding tube? It could be related to his food or maybe its acid reflux causing throat issues which in turn can even more stomach problems. Im 7 years post rads, 5 years post my third round of OC and have ongoing stomach problems. Im sick more days than Im not with no distinctive answers from my doctors. I do have to admit Im not the best with following this up. Please post if you find anything out about your fathers stomach problems.
Best wishes!
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  | 
