r/lungcancer • u/rollerG12 Stage IVa NSCLC - Squamous - 28M • Jun 24 '25

Question Radiation Experience?

Hi all,

Does anyone have experience with radiation for NSCLC? How did it do for you? I recently completed an aggressive radiation plan with “curative intent” and I’m still undergoing concurrent chemo that is about half way done as of Thursday.

For those of you who did radiation, how long did side effects last? How long did it take for your tumor to shrink significantly? How long did the tumor continue to shrink?

I can tell it’s most likely working, as my pre-radiation symptoms have pretty much all disappeared and I’m only 2 weeks post radiation, but every now and then I still have a slight cough that pops up for a minute or two a day then goes away. Trying to convince myself it’s not the cancer growing back but just my body recovering from the harsh radiation plan 😅

Thanks!

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u/Actual_Operation7014 Jun 26 '25

All medicine effects people in different ways. After 35 radiation treatments my throat started hurting and not letting food go down. I did 43 treatments. My throat still hurts and I can only eat certain things. It's 7 years now and I don't know if it will ever be right again. But my stage 3-C SCLC is completely gone. IT baffles the hell out of my doctors. They tell me that stage 3-C SCLC doesn't just leave from a person's body