MM
plan for the worst and hope for the best. Try to not loose perspective, riding during rads really should not be on your must do list.

..re Amifostine, that really can make you miserable. (see posts here). I did not have it so I cannot comment directly.. except that my RO was dead set against it. It really can cause problems and it greatly depends WHAT you irradiate. You have 3 pairs of major saliva glands.

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