 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Allyson,
and welcome to the site. What kind of radiation did you have and when did you complete treatment?
Most radiation side effects eventually go away but some like to linger such as muscle texturing from radiation damage. It took a long time for the blisters and radiation burns to heal, complicated by frequent bouts with thrush.
I am about 30 months (today in fact) post Tx right now and have relatively few issues from the treatment (or maybe I just don't remember what it was like before). I had IMRT and it took about 18 months for my salivary function to return. I never had a PEG so I had to eat by mouth all along. My swallowing is pretty normal. I don't have acid reflux.
The pain and stiffness is largely gone now.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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