Radiotherapy side effects.

As a general rule most people are beginning to feel a little better by six weeks and turn a real corner by  twelve.

I was still on morphine at 12 but eating soft foods well. 
The mucous hung around for a while but I just kept spitting it out. At its worst I used to steam over hot water. Other folk used a nebuliser. Drinking lots of water dilutes it and I found I could refresh my mouth with fizzy water or diet ginger ale. 
The tongue ulcers took months to resolve but weren’t too painful by 12 weeks. 
6 months and I was much more my old self but RT fatigue still hit me now and then. 
We are all different though and heal at our own pace. Push yourself lightly by all means but don’t get discouraged by steps backwards 

Hi - I am coming up to 4 months post treatment.  The memory fades quickly, at least of the bad bits, but I think it was really around 8 - 12 weeks when I saw the big improvement.  I did post the other day about my progress, but in summary I am eating relatively normally now, but still supplementing with fortisips and aside from fatigue (which I manage badly due to pushing myself) and a dry mouth I feel relatively back to normal.

For mucus, which was no too much of an issue for me aside from a couple of times for a week or so, I found a nebuliser helped enormously.

Give it time and you will see the improvement.  

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Hi You’re on track I took the mantra it’s a marathon nit a sprint. Treatments brutal recovery can be long but you’ll get there in the end. Lots of us have 2 steps forwards and one step back. I was similar to Dani on  timescales, I was still using a nebuliser up to around week7 -8 then still pulled the mucus out, I was also prescribed carbusistine to help thin the mucus You need to be aim g for 2-3 litres of water every day and around 2500 calories by any means you can. 

Remember food is fuel enjoyment  if eating will return it just takes time. 

Hazel  

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Hi , Mu hubby also has this and says it feels like he's drowning but he's a year on from surgery and it's slowly getting better and like Hazel has said drinking plenty of water helps. Wishing you all the best xx