FVS - welcome to the family. I'm 8 months post treatment (rads only) and one of the hardest things for me to learn was recovery isn't linear. Yes, they told me that after treatment I could expect at least 7 more weeks of bad side effects before things started to get better. I thought they would just get better slowly, every day a little better than the day before. Eventually, all the side effects would be gone and my recovery would be complete.

Boy, was I ever wrong. My recovery path has been anything but straight, it's a winding curvy road with lots of potholes. Here in my 8th month most food has gone back to tasting bad to horrible. I can eat everything but don't enjoy it nearly as much as I did at 3 months.

The nasty, thick sinus drainage, the junk that wants to stick on your throat, it comes and goes. Some days I'm hacking and spitting all day long, others almost none at all.

I suppose the one thing I haven't had is inflammation like you are experiencing. I wish I had something to tell you that would help, but sorry I don't. All I can do is agree with others before me, if you can't breath, get yourself to a doctor or ER stat. This isn't worth creating a life threatening situation over.

hang in there, it will get better.

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