Colds/Flus after head/neck radiation ?

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Marc Bissonnette - 12 May 2008 15:29 GMT

Hey all;

I'm wondering if any of you have stats or even just anecdotal stories of
the likelihood of getting colds/flus after head and neck radiation ?

I'm not normally one to get sick - Maybe a sniffle or two per year. Over
the last couple of days, though, my nose has been a waterfall, coughing,
headaches, sweats and sleeping all day. I got to thinking: Nose hairs have
all fallen out, several lymph nodes removed, tonsils received radiation -
all those are part of the sickness-fighting part of the body.

Many thanks!

By the by: Looked for my red maple seedling the other day - store told me
I'll have to go to a nursery to have it ordered, since they normally only
sell 5'-10' trees. On my way to the nursery this week :)

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J - 14 May 2008 22:05 GMT

> I'm wondering if any of you have stats or even just anecdotal stories of
> the likelihood of getting colds/flus after head and neck radiation ?
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> I'll have to go to a nursery to have it ordered, since they normally only
> sell 5'-10' trees. On my way to the nursery this week :)

How's it going, Marc?

I figure it it's still there (or worse) 48 hours later, it's a cold or
infection.
If it's gone (or improving), it was allergy. Tree pollens are higher in your
area these days.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/pollenfx/POYOW
I never get fever with allergy symptoms.

If you think pollen (or grasses) are involved, close the windows and use a
thin coating of vaseline in your nostril.
The hairs (which you don't have) are supposed to trap the pollens.
There's 2 types of possible infections; fungal or bacterial.

What say you or your doctor?
J - thinking of you

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Marc Bissonnette - 15 May 2008 00:02 GMT

>> I'm wondering if any of you have stats or even just anecdotal stories
>> of the likelihood of getting colds/flus after head and neck radiation
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>
> What say you or your doctor?

Nah, I've never had any allergies. Still stuffed up/leaky nose, though no
where near as bad as the weekend.

Overall, doing well. Energy levels are still down and I'm still
experimenting to see what I can taste versus what I can't - It's not *all*
gone, but an awful lot of it is, which still really sucks. Eating is such a
chore when you can't enjoy it :(

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J - 17 May 2008 10:35 GMT

> [snipped allergies]. Still stuffed up/leaky nose, though no
> where near as bad as the weekend.
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> gone, but an awful lot of it is, which still really sucks. Eating is such a
> chore when you can't enjoy it :(

Hopefully, that'll improve soon. There's a lot of places where taste comes from
and I doubt the RT hit all of them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_bud

Just found out there's colds and flus "going around" down here, so maybe that
is what's going on with you
Hope you feel better soon, Marc.
J.

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