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Healing process after throat cancer treatments: What to expect?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Apr 11 7:37am | Replies (23)
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@nlovejoy

Thank you so much for your reply. CONGRATS on being cancer free!! My husband completed treatment 3 weeks ago. Every day is different for him. The sloughing of the throat has been horrific. He coughs and gags, spitting up a lot of ugly stuff. That part is improving each day. Did you experience any of that? How long did you have the feeding tube once treatment was completed?
Thank you for your input!
Nieta

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Don Higgins, Volunteer Mentor | @dsh33782 | Mar 26 5:39am

"@nlovejoy
Yes, I had the ugly coughing up phlegm. I had the jtube for several months while I could not swallow and had no appetite. They removed the jtube as soon as the treatment was done and I could swallow again. Let us know how the next scan goes?
Don

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 5 4:03pm

Hi @nlovejoy, I moved your discussion about after treatments for tongue cancer to the Head & Neck Cancers support group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/head-neck-cancer/

I did this so you can:
1. Click the link and use the search function to find similar discussions related to your questions.
and
2. to connect you with other members like @rkaspet @chanderson @mytime62 @4dogsrental who have experience with tongue cancer.

Has your husband's feeding tube been removed? How is he doing? How are you doing?

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