I am curious if any follow up studies have been done regarding brachytherapy and quality of life issues. It seems to me that this is way too much pain to be reasonable. Of course the alternative is not good either, but why not other methods of radiation if this is the outcome???

Sorry, but chronic pain is so debilitating and I feel for Jim and Donna's mom and anyone else enduring this.

Deb

Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill