Radiation Oncologist Reassurance

I had a follow-up with my Radiation Oncologist this past Wednesday. I told him about the pain in my tumor sites and he checked me out and felt for swollen lymph nodes and stuff. He said that it is extremely unlikely that anything would come back, especially this early. The pain is probably from use and from inflamation from the radiation. My next PET scan is February 7. That will be the 6 month follow-up to confirm again that it is all gone.

Meanwhile, I just get back to normal life. I have worked at the hospital the last 2 weeks. It is pretty tiring, and I am still not as energetic as I would like to be. The doctors say that it will take me about 6 months, or even a year, to be fully recovered and back to my normal self.