Eileen/Dinah,

Thank you both for the reply.


I take turns to see ENT doc. and radiation oncologist for the follow-up checks. I've just seen the ENT doc early this month before I developed that "sore throat". I will see the Radiation doc in March, and then the ENT doc again in April. I tried to call him today about my unconfortable throat, but, he is in surgery all day.

Actually, I have been seeing these doctors more frequently than every 6 weeks. There is always something happeneing between the official follow-up checks. My recovery from treatment has NOT been an easy one. I had a deep neck infection which interrupted the RAD treatment for a week, I had to go to hospital to have the pus released. Another jaw infection occurred right after the RAD. Following that, the ENT doctor was concerned about osteomyelitis, he sent me to a infectious doc., and I was sent to have 20 sessions of oxygen treatment in Jan. Now, after all that, I have this painful throat returned. It worries me a lot, because the feeling is so similar to how I feel when I had cancer.

Sometimes I feel it is difficult to determine whether or not to worry, because I cannot determine if it is a symptom from the disease or purely a side effect from treatment. For example, the tightness of neck, it could be the side effect of the surgery, it could also be a sign of on-going infection.

Now, I had this "sore throat" which I know was not caused by the weather, nor the humidity. I am worried, but if majority of the patients would have this feeling during their recovery, I will feel relief.