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Severe pain eating 7 weeks post-RT
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I would ask your radiologist how much radiation you received measured in Gy (Gray). Standard care was for head & neck had been 70 Gy but there has been a big deescalation in recent years.
And the kind of radiation you received- Photon or Proton.
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@roblem I was "speaking" to ranchroad about the amout of gys specifically applied to my salivary glands. Since the 70 gys are not delivered evenly throughout the treatment area I am questioning my radiology oncologist regarding the dose my parotid, sublingual and submandular glands received.
@roblem By the way, thank you for posting about your experience with acupuncture stimulating your salivary glands. I plan to investigate that in my area.
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@roblem I received 70 gy, 35 treatments and it was proton radiation.