 Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 97 | Hi David-
I'm new to the board here and just finishing up my radiation for salivary gland cancer. Everyone's experience is different but I found that with the right painkillers there's not actually that much pain. They can wind it down to "discomfort". Then the other side effects suck of course (mucus and mouth problems).
But you will get through it! I found that since I was not working, it helped to have a lot of good movies or TV shows to watch to take my mind off things.
Take care
Melissa
Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.
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