Hi all,

The swelling is not from radiation alone - it's also from surgery and it's chronic. I do hope that lymphedema therapy post-rad will give me my face back.

To be honest, I don't feel a need for anti-anxiety meds or a need to talk to a counselor. I do have a counselor who I see regularly. I am avoiding people on purpose because my mouth is always filled with mucus that further obscures my speech (my tongue was removed on Sept 27th, so my speech has been impaired since then) and causes drool/coughing up of salvia. I'm just not fit to communicate or be around people at this stage. Don't know if people had similar experiences?

I did not think about sores that I may not see/feel! That's a really good point.

Thank you all.

R0se