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Meet others living with Head & Neck Cancer: Introduce yourself

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Sep 21 5:27pm | Replies (538)
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@rlbaker53

Hi, I'm Roger. I'm 70 years old and had TORS surgery for a base of tongue tumor and right side lymph nodes removed on April 3rd. I am doing pretty good, although I have coughing episodes that I assume is from the excessive saliva production. I think I read somewhere that cough medicines should not be taken while the tongue is healing from surgery. Does anyone have insight or recommendations?

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William Olsen, Volunteer Mentor | @hrhwilliam | Apr 7 12:14pm

Hi Roger @rlbaker53 and welcome to the Head and Neck group. You should be able to quick ask your GP or the surgeon if you can use cough meds and get a response that way. Everyone's body responds differently to the surgery you had but cough seems rather common, at least for a while.
Any additional or follow-up treatments being considered such as Radiation or Chemo?
If you are having other issues later on that you want some input about, you might consider opening a specific Discussion which will bring in many eyes and likely helpful comments. In the mean time, give this a few days and we will see what transpires. Again welcome.

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