The "graduation cert" is a neat idea. I finsihed my second go around with rad about a year ago almost exactly, did a follow up visit Tuesday. They say that smell brings back memories, the peculiar smell the radiation department has brought back all sorts. The sound of the Linac machine, the clamps going down on the mask, the peculiar non taste that food finally had. Seems so recent, but on the other hand seems so distant. Both my wife and I hated Hong Kong for months because it brought back too many bad memories.

Luckily, as you will all find, time heals everything, even my experience the first time around with rad and chemo seems a distant memory, except for a particular morphine induced nightmare, which for some reason I can recall vividly.
Bob


SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.