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Severe pain eating 7 weeks post-RT
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@metsgirl - I did meet with my Dr. this afternoon at my 8-week check-up, and discussed and showed him some pictures of the "blisters". He really hadn't seen them before, or if he had, couldn't remember a clear example. His advice for me was to try to eat more "real" food since it's been mostly different nutritional drinks and smoothies that have set it off. He said that eventually they would subside - So nothing profound.
My scans and exam did come back clear 🙂 ... was quite anxious about that
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@ranchroad First, wonderful that your scans are clear!! I don't get my first post treatment scan until December 4th.
Second, congrats on eating some food successfully. I tried a piece of sausage yesterday which set off about 6 or 7 blisters. But low level pain. I suspect it was the pepper in the sausage. I am extremely sensitive to pepper.
My doctors didn't think too much of the blisters either. They just encouraged me to keep eating according to my tolerance and seemed sure that eventually they would quit appearing. We'll see how it goes.
By the way, thanks so much for posting about the dose volume histogram. I've asked for my information. Right now I have almost no saliva, which is as bothersome to me as the blisters. It will be good to know how much radiation was delivered to my salivary glands so that I can manage my expectations.
Wishing you continued healing!