My mom is half way through radiation tx for oral cancer and [...]

Posted by Colleen @colleend, Apr 3, 2015

My mom is half way through radiation tx for oral cancer and is extremely tired is this normal? She is 82 years old.

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Joanna Morrison | @joannamorrison | Apr 8, 2015

Hi @colleend, I'm one of the moderators here and I've messaged the other members of the the head and neck cancer group to see if anyone can share their experience with you. In the mean time, you might find these links on side effects of radiation and managing fatigue to be useful: http://news.cancerconnect.com/side-effects-of-radiation-therapy/
http://news.cancerconnect.com/fatigue-information-center/

Charles Dekranis | @charlesdekranis1 | Apr 8, 2015

82. God bless her. Radiation for head and neck is one of the roughest there is. i was 58 when i went through it and barely made it.
i am back with stage 4 bone cancer to which there is little hope. pray for mom that her cancer does not metastasis to other parts of her body. like her lungs etc. mine , oddly enough went from remission to bone cancer in a ny minute. sucks. truly sucks. i am going down to houston md anderson and see if there is any hope. they are rated among the best

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