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how long do side affects last?

skippy
skippy CSN Member Posts: 11
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I finished my chemo and radiation in march 2002. I still feel like **** diareha and vomiting, besides the pain from a neck dissection just checking to see if anyones felt the same?
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  • leecat
    leecat CSN Member Posts: 31
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    Skippy I really don't know. I've had side effects to radiation for three years. Had mine in 89 and 90 so that makes that 11 years ago. Just give yourself time to heal up. I still have pain in my neck due to nerve damage that was done back then. I've been cancer free since then.
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