Hi Daisywoo, 

Just a few days ago, I came across another member, Jenna34 who posted this thread sharing their nasopharyngeal cancer experience. This member mentioned having radiotherapy to the head and neck and there is also this thread by Claudia_L_T  - this member was at the time waiting to start radiotherapy and as it was a while ago they should have by now completed their treatment. 

You will also find in-depth information on our website on radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer which includes a section on side effects of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer and if there is anything you want to find out more about, feel free to get in touch with our cancer nurses on this free number 0808 800 4040 - the helpline is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

Wishing you the best of luck for your radiotherapy treatment next month and I will now let other members of our community who have been through this before come and say hello and share their story with you. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi Daisywoo, 

Just a few days ago, I came across another member, Jenna34 who posted this thread sharing their nasopharyngeal cancer experience. This member mentioned having radiotherapy to the head and neck and there is also this thread by Claudia_L_T  - this member was at the time waiting to start radiotherapy and as it was a while ago they should have by now completed their treatment. 

You will also find in-depth information on our website on radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer which includes a section on side effects of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer and if there is anything you want to find out more about, feel free to get in touch with our cancer nurses on this free number 0808 800 4040 - the helpline is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

Wishing you the best of luck for your radiotherapy treatment next month and I will now let other members of our community who have been through this before come and say hello and share their story with you. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi Daisywoo, 

I finished my radiotherapy on 02/08/2024 after 7 weeks -35 sessions.

The first 2 weeks of treatment everything was like normal, and after that my mouth started to get bad and I couldn't put anything inside. I had a feeding tube thro my nose for 4 months when I was eating just fortisip ((5-6 a day) and all my medication was liquid going thro the tube, In all this time I was taking paracetamol 4 times a day and some drugs like patches and morphine. Because of the drugs and treatment I was sleeping most of the time. I think the recovery period its harder then the treatment period, I am still not back to normal its a very slow process. I don't want to scare you, if you have more questions you can text me on WhatsApp 07773222829 .

Eat as much you can now because thro the radiotherapy you going to loose about 10% of your body weight. I lost 12Kg.

I had the PET scan on December 2024 and all came back clean, then it doesn't matter any more what it was.

Take care and keep strong .