I'm back

We'll I'm back. It"s been a long time since I've felt good enough to get on the computer and update this blog. Thanks to Marjie for keeping it up to date.
I'm finally feeling better. Boy oh boy does that radiation take a toll on you. Seems like I've been counting down the days ever since I started the radiation thinking to myself that I would begin feeling better once I finished, but was I ever wrong. Since the radiation has a cumulative effect, once I finished with the treatment, the radiation was still working strong on my body, hence me not feeling good. I've been doing a lot of research lately on the effects of patients that have or had tonsil cancer and it seems that everyone that got the treatment like I did, spent the next 2-3 months after treatment recovering.

The outside of my neck got extremely burned like you can't imagine. That's all healed up and I'm good to go with that. Looks like a nice tan all around my neck now.

Sore throat...getting better and better each day. I actually drank a glass of water yesterday and have been trying to drink water and Gatorade at least a couple times a day.

Thick mucus and constant spitting....still dealing with that...This is the real issue/problem right now. Water and Gatorade still doesn't taste normal and as soon as I get a sip down, it causes the inside of my mouth to secrete this thick nasty mucus which ends up causing me to spit.

It's been 20 days since my last radiation treatment so hopefully this mucus situation will begin to get better. I can't wait to be able to eat again. I haven't eaten anything for over a month now. It's hard to watch the family eat at dinner time or watch TV commercials about food. I even dream about eating and food.
I still feel fatigued even after not doing much, but at least I'm up off the couch and trying to do things around the house.
That's about it for now, more to follow.