OK, I'm probably just impatient, but I've been pretty frustrated this week... I'm four weeks post-radiation and I feel like I took a few steps backwards this week, especially today...

I don't seem to have any energy at all! And I'm in this vicious cycle where my pain medications give me severe constipation (which is about the worst thing I've encountered during this entire journey). Yet without the pain meds, my throat burns and my mouth hurts, etc... And my salagen pills make me break out into a sweat about every time I take one...

Any thoughts on counteracting the constipation? (sorry not such a fun topic)... I'm taking stool softeners but they only seem to help a little...

ALso, is it normal to go "up and down" in energy levels? And is it normal for my throat to still really burn this late after radiation... My mouth seems to be doing better, but if I yawn or eat "rough" foods, it feels like someone is taking a torch to my throat...

Thanks for letting me vent a little... my wife keeps reminding it takes time... I guess I'm just impatient to feel "normal" again...

Eric