Finished 33 sessions of proton beam therapy

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Hi. Just finished 33 sessions of pbt for salivary gland cancer and now onto the next phase. Just wondered if anyone could share their experiences in what the next few weeks might hold. The nurses said my skin will probably burn a bit more and the pain will peak in a couple of weeks. I’m guessing I’ll just be prepared to rest lots and try to get through it as best as I can. Thanks all. 

  • Hi  and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

    I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and, although I'm not a member of this group, I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.

    If you don't get any replies here, it might be an idea to also join the main head and neck cancer group as I'm sure you'll find people with the same type of cancer as you there. 

    If this is something that you'd like to do, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

    While you're waiting for replies, it would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.

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