CancerCompass message board discussion started by moresamshine on 7/5/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,25756,0.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I have completed a radical lymph gland tumor removal (didn't spread any where else)2/11/08, 35 weeks of radiation and 1 cistipaton, 4 eurbiex treatment all ending 5/14/08.  My surgeon has recommended that I not have my PET scan 14 weeks from last treatment.  Is that what others are being told?  They said you could get a false negitive if you don't wait.Also, I still am not really eating I have had trush 2 Xs and rad sores on my tongue next to gold crowned teeth, is that something you have experienced?  What can I do, I am still on feeding tube and want to get back to work.  Today it feels like I have something stuck in my throat like maybe a scab or something, not sure.Any experience or suggestions?  Help!  moresamshine Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 7/5/2008 moresamshine wrote:I have completed a radical lymph gland tumor removal (didn't spread any where else)2/11/08, 35 weeks of radiation and 1 cistipaton, 4 eurbiex treatment all ending 5/14/08.  My surgeon has recommended that I not have my PET scan 14 weeks from last treatment.  Is that what others are being told?  They said you could get a false negitive if you don't wait.Also, I still am not really eating I have had trush 2 Xs and rad sores on my tongue next to gold crowned teeth, is that something you have experienced?  What can I do, I am still on feeding tube and want to get back to work.  Today it feels like I have something stuck in my throat like maybe a scab or something, not sure.Any experience or suggestions?  Help! I had a different type of cancer - tonsil cancer - but they had me wait for app 10 weeks post treatment for exactly that reason.  They want to give enough time for everything to calm down after radiation in order to get an accurate reading.  I also had thrush twice so I guess it is common (this was after radiation was completed).  Dlynn1210 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi There:Your situation sounds like my wife's situation.  She is on thefeeding tube, is taking speech therapy, had about 1/2 of hertongue out, her speech is better then what was expected atthis time and is a diabetic, now on insulin.   She had ashallow food test during radiation that turned out great butby the end of radiation, it went down hill.  Next weekwill be time for another shallow test?   The Traveler Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT