I completely relate to what I'm reading on this post. Of course since we all had different treatments, and we are unique physically, so we have different experiences as a result. 3.5 years out from my last treatment life is pretty good, but it isn't the life that I had before all this began. I was always physically fit. My wife and I did lots of outdoor things, like hiking in the mountains, and in the winter we would snowshoe cross-country at Lake Tahoe etc., but today I couldn't engage in those activities.

Perhaps it has to do with the volume of radiation exposure. I had the maximum dose allowable before the radiation permanently damaged my spinal cord...even then they didn't get it all, and surgery was necessary to remove the balance. I like to think that I am back 100%, but I find myself getting tired early in the day, a long flight of stairs takes it out of me, and I don