Hi Edgar - it's wonderful that you have now completed chemo and radiation. If your experience is like my husband John's, in a few months it will hard to remember how really difficult the treatment was at times.

I wanted to share that John had some tough weeks after treatment. He was not too bad the first week or two after he finished but then had the mucous and other symptoms come on strong again for a couple of weeks.

This may not happen to you - everyone seems to have different types of reactions - but just wanted to let you know that our doctor said it was the pattern of healing for some people. If we'd known that at the time we wouldn't have been so frightened. Hope it's not a downer to mention it.

As Steve said in the above post, the more moderate exercise John did in the first few months especially, the stronger and more positive he felt.

all the best
Mary


Caregiver for John SCC left tonsil Stage III/IV dx Sept 05, tx started Oct 21/05 -IMRT 35, cisplatin 3 X 100mg/m2;completed Dec08/05.