← Return to HPV Tonsil cancer: I'm very nervous about chemo and radiation

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Thank you for your story. I just had 25 rounds of radiation and I finished exactly 1 week ago. I had HPV in my right tonsil and one lymph node. I had surgery to remove the tonsil and one positive lymph node. The doctor took several others in the chain for precaution.
I'm extremely worried my tastes with not return. Right now everything I'm eating tastes horrible. My wife and I don't know what to feed me? Right now the only thing I can eat are chicken noodle soup, cream a wheat, and oatmeal. I hope I'm like you to get my 90% of my tastes back. Thank you.

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Did you have Proton or Photon radiation?

I am scheduled to begin Photon radiation for cancer in my left tonsil and lymph node. I live in Hawaii and we don't have Proton here. I'm looking into MD Anderson Houston for Proton Therapy, trying to figure out if the benefits of Proton justify the cost of getting treated in Houston?