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Tongue cancer: How long is the process from treatment to recovery?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Sep 21 10:37pm | Replies (48)Comment receiving replies
@gareee314 Follow the directions of your therapist. Do your exercises!
I had a mucous problem too. 2/3 of the way through radiation treatment in 2010, I had developed a runaway sinus problem. It was bad. It slowed to a point I could live with it after I had a stroke. I recovered from the stoke (4 days in the hospital) and when back to work. My mucous was thick as well. Now that I can't swallow at all, I gargle, hack & spit constantly. If you can improve your swallowing, maybe you start swallowing you mucous.
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@krisohlson Thanks for replying..Even the roof of my mouth swells up like blisters just like after eating food that's too hot. My soft palate hangs lower after the surgery so that's a hastle trying to swallow. The mucous or lymph fluid collects above the soft palate 24/7. wakes me up after 2 hours of sleep every night. So I spray saline up my nose to try and clear it. It clears a little at a time..Too thick at times to just swallow it. The back of my palate feels cool to my tongue telling me radiation has ruined the circulation.