It's the best thing in the world to be able to read accounts and talk to people who have experienced these things. I don't personally know anyone who's ever had a mask fitted over their face and then clamped to a table while being radiated, but they are all over this forum and that's great to know, just for one example.

David R. 65 yr old male non-smoker, light drinker, stage 3 or 4, depending on which doc you ask, scc rt. tonsil, 2 nodes, 7 weeks radiation and chemo. No surgery. Teatment ended 3/20/08. PET scan 8/08 showed no cancer.
And now, as of oct, 2010, caregiver to wife, Linda, with breast cancer.
May, 2013, Linda diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Enuf already.