oops, meant to add following to previous post:

In following in Gary's footsteps I've decided to post periodic updates on my progress. Just finished my first 2 weeks and so far only real side effect is the very beginning of a soar throat (started yesterday) and given its the weekend will wait until Monday to ask the nurse for something to deal with it. If anyone has any suggestions for soar throat relief I'm all ears.

Separate and unrelated from the radiation, I've had a nasty case of what I thought was the stomach flu for 10+ days and lost 7 pounds my first 2 weeks of radiation. It turns out I have a bacterial infection called C.Dif which was caused by the 3 rounds of antbiotics I had taken from my surgery and recent wisdom teeth removal. Its been good practice on making sure I ge lots of fluids in me. The end is near on the C.Dif as I'm now taking Flagyl which should take care of it. Digging in for week 3 and will post soon.