I get so many weird conditions that it's really quite ridiculous!
I'm experiencing post-surgery cancer radiation at a very nice Scripps place in Vista, CA.
My course is 33 total, and I have done 16 treatments.
It hurts! When the surgeon removes one's thyroid gland and several dozen lymph nodes in the general area of the neck, that's rough enough with the healing process.
But this burning and severe pain INSIDE the throat and esophagus is much worse than I anticipated. The external skin burn is tolerable with lots of Aquaphor ointment slabbed on a few times a day, along with ice packs.
I have ice packs and soft & flexible ice pads wrapped around my neck in front most of the day, tied on, and when I try to sleep at night. The ice helps.
A positive aspect of pain in different body areas is that it takes one's mind away from the lumbar & neck pain that is a mainstay of my life.
Radiation victims--you have my empathy!
