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We'll I'm feeing much better today. Throat is still awfully sore but seems like some of the mucus stuff in my mouth has subsided a little. I'm now thinking some of the excess mucus may have been caused by allergies. All our trees in the area are in full bloom right now and heavens knows what else. I never had allergies since I moved away from North Carolina and maybe there back. Anyway, whatever the case may be, mucus has subsided a little and I'm feeling much better. What I am feeling is serious dry mouth...spit looks like cotton balls. Fun fun!!!

Neck is really really red and looking like a sunburn from hell. Still using the Xclair cream and that seems to be working. Marjie noticed this afternoon that it's beginning to peel but I should be able to deal with it.

Saw Dr. Sinesi today after treatment and he said again that he finds it hard to believe that I've been able to make through all these treatments without a break. He said that as far as radiation therapy goes, head and neck is by far the worst to get and he can't even remember when someone was able to make it without a break. He also gave me some words of encouragement about the healing process and said I should start seeing positive results in 4-6 days. He said that the mouth would be the first to heal. He looked inside my mouth and said everything looks good/normal...he's seeing lots of redness and whiteness which is worse than the red, but says everything looks on track to heal properly. Said that I should start feeling much better after 2 weeks and be able to start eating again and then by a month I should be at almost 90%....


That's all for now, more to follow...