my dr explained stopping treatment to me as being similar to stopping a freight train. We want it to screach to a halt, but the radiation continues to do cellular damage for weeks after you stop receiving treatments. I wanted so badly to feel better when it stopped and I just kept getting worse. In fact, the few months just after treatment were actually the toughest of them all for me physically, and mentally. Nobody prepared me for this emotionally and depression followed which didn't help at all. But eventually things get better, taste returns, sores heal, strength and stamina return, sex drive returns, saliva production improves, mucus decreases and thins, smiles multiply...just be patient and hang in there. I stopped treatments in mid june and in my head I set July 4 as my day to be back on my feet. In reality it was Christmas time or more before I was gaining weight and feeling decent...