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@gareee314
10 years after receiving 35 radiation treatments (2020) my ability to swallow started to degrade. Now 16 years after receiving radiation I cannot swallow, and I am living on a PEG for the last 3 years. I was never warned that I would lose my ability to swallow due to radiation and went through some night fevers due to aspiration. I had lymph nodes removed from the right side of my neck in 2020 when I went through surgery for my 2nd cancer treatment. It is hard to say which cause your swallowing problems. I think you can attribute it to both procedures.

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@krisohlson Thanks for replying back . So I guess once you get radiation you radiate for life..In other words it keeps working on you. My last throat radiation was in 2022 and I noticed my inside upper gums near my teeth or the roof of my mouth gets blistered now and then. This only started less than a year ago. I have had this mucous problem since after radiation which is coming from "above" the roof of my mouth 24/7. I am constantly snorting to get it out. I also use that nasal saline spray that helps getting it to slowly ooze out..Mucous won't come out by blowing my nose because it's thick. It feels like a marble above my soft palate which is obstructing my swallowing even after I get rid of it. I can swallow little gulps of water if I turn my neck to the left. I am seeing a speech therapist for the swallow exercises.