Looking for hope!

Posted by bonnie2172 @bonnie2172, 20 hours ago

I was recently diagnosed with squamous cell cancer of my tongue and throat. Had part of my tongue removed and just finished 35 radiation treatments 2 weeks ago. I have lost all my taste buds, on a feeding tube and am still spitting up lots of mucus and or phelm. No energy and lots of fatigue. Can someone give me some encouraging news of when this will get better. Losing hope...

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gently | @gently | 18 hours ago

bonnie2172, the inflammation from the radiation can take 2 to 6 weeks to calm down. If you can get hyperbaric oxygen treatments you can quicken the healing. Your taste buds will probably return. It takes a little longer if you had chemotherapy. The fatigue from radiation should be lightening up a little. Just rest though because your body needs it. It is a good time to stream movies, though most of them these days will put you to sleep. Radiation is hard on bone marrow where our red blood cells are made. It takes a while to reproduce them. Recovery is so gradual that you sort of don't notice. You've been though torture. This will be the easy part.
Just rest.

bonnie2172 | @bonnie2172 | 13 hours ago

Thanks for the encouragement! I want to believe I will be myself again. I just keep hanging on to positive thoughts.

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