Wanda,
I weathered TX pretty well and I was at my worst by the end of RT. I really didn't feel much better for a couple of weeks, but other than a rather bad neck burn I wasn't really in bad shape.

Within a month I was doing OK, but had no appetite and bad taste. Then my PEG got infected again and started bleeding so I had it removed early and with no appetite and lousy taste began losing weight.

It took a few month to get my taste and diet issues under control. Now, seven month later, I have to watch that I don't over-eat! Life is pretty much back to normal except I worry about recurrence.

After TX ended, I felt wonderful to have it behind me and I never had a sense of loss or missing of the daily RT routine. But then I had a weekly appointment with a doctor for the first month or so. I still have a lot of doctor appointment.

Also, at the end of TX, me and my water bottle started taking a long walk everyday.

Best of luck to John for a good recovery smile


Don
TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary
FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm
PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm
HiRes CT 6/21/08
Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08
PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08
35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo
Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11