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DiscussionSevere pain eating 7 weeks post radiation: Any tips?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Dec 24, 2025 | Replies (61)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "@ranchroad First, wonderful that your scans are clear!! I don't get my first post treatment scan..."
I would ask your radiologist how much radiation you received measured in Gy (Gray). Standard care was for head & neck had been 70 Gy but there has been a big deescalation in recent years.
And the kind of radiation you received- Photon or Proton.
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@metsgirl I also just met with my ENT to get another opinion. He’s not a young doctor and had never really seen this. He prescribed me a compounded mouthwash with a steroid ingredient to see if that helps (basically magic mouthwash without the lidocaine). Otherwise the advice was to make do and get through it. I was never prescribed magic mouthwash during treatment, so I’ll give it a go and let you know if it helps this