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Has anyone had surgery to remove scar tissue?

Posted by mindyt @mindyt, Oct 24, 2021

I have a lot of scar tissue from radiation leaving me with a challenged airway - it has also ratcheted down on my vocal cords taking my voice as well as painful- I live in an area that the Drs tell me to find a specialist (it’s over their heads) but the idea that I could have improvement would be incredible. I have been seen by 2 ENT surgeons in my state but I don’t think the information was there. So has anyone surviving throat cancer had radiation and surgery to remove scar tissue or anyone with some advice I don’t know where to go from here?

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harleytiger | @harleytiger | Dec 2 1:32pm
In reply to @speseas "@thomason wow that’s a lot to take in. My worst 19 hour neck dissections made my..." + (show)
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@thomason wow that’s a lot to take in. My worst 19 hour neck dissections made my mobility like a wooden neck. I’m only comfortable resting my head from so much muscle loss but knitting has become my best friend.

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@speseas Me too. I have the same problem. My neck feels like I have a bungee chord attached from my skull to my top rib. I have hard places in there as well. Mobility is a big problem. Did you have radiation? I think mine is radiation fibrosis. I'm currently going to a great PT who is doing great work on my neck. He believes he can make it much better. Hopefully he's right? I know he works it very well. He said red light hasn't been proven to work and the cost of those machines are so expensive that most PT locations don't have them.

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