Cindy,

My husband Ron had 7 weeks of radiation. At the end of the 4th week he started hemoraging (sp), it was the part of his throat that was being radiated, and wound up in Intensive Care at the hospital (scared the hell out of us). They had to do an emergency trach, and pack his throat to get the bleeding to stop. He was in the hospital for 4 days and missed a week of treatment. We talked to the Cancer Docs and they said missing the week would not jeopardize the treatment process, so he just made the week up afterwards. As it turned out, him having to take that week off from the radiation actually seemed to help his body. It made finishing the treatments a little more bearable. Hope this helps.

Take care,

Shelley