So have endured six weeks of radiotherapy with two sessions of chemotherapy.
Have just completed my first week of six weeks of recovery. I feel extremely tired. Producing gallons of mucus/saliva which leads to bouts of Nausea.
I have also lost a lot of weight. Having five Ensure shakes via my PEG. I try the occasional bit of food. No taste no appetite.
Taking lots of pain killers.
when do you think I will start to feel better?
Hi Derry and welcome. Well done on getting through. The radiotherapy has a cumulative effect for two or three weeks after you finish so you have about another two weeks of rubbish to come. I remember I dozed practically all the time in the first two weeks after treatment ended
Its a generalisation but most of us start feeling a little better at six weeks and there is a definite corner turned at 12 with eating and taste slowly improving from around a month after treatment end.
It’s a day at a time still right now. Some days backwards
i would still take your pain killers by the clock but remember to wean yourself off slowly when the time comes.
I managed to eat a steak at 12 weeks. Couldn’t taste much but I was overjoyed. My appetite was poor till six months. I could easily have not bothered at all
Food is fuel. If you can swallow it get it down. It does get better I promise
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
