OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: May 2018 Posts: 32 Likes: 5 | [quote=Stef H]I took off very little time after radiation (maybe 4 weeks max with travel in that time) and very much regret it. It is important to recover from the radiation fatigue. I appreciate that your doctor said 6 months. [/quote] Thank you for that input Stef. It seems like such a long time to be off for 6 weeks treatment! I can only read so much about side effects because it's very scary to me, so maybe when I can process all of that it will make more sense too.
Mary
Mouth/tongue cancer dx Feb 2018. Surgery Apr 2018, partial glossectomy, tongue reconstruction (radial forearm flap donor site), neck dissection. Tumour 2.5 cm, 0.8 cm deep. Histologic grade G3 Poorly differentiated. 3 of 25 lymph nodes involved max size 0.6 cm. pT2pN2b (stage 4a) Chemo Radiation June / July 2018. Completed 35 rads, 2 of the 3 chemos.
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