squamous cell in throat

I’m so happy for you! Positive outlook has so much power in treatment, I know my husband’s positive outlook helped him too! You can do it.....in Nov he was in remission and will be checked with CT every 3 months and hopefully he will be labeled cancer free after 5 years. All the best and keep up that positive outlook kiddo!! 🤓🤗

You are doing very well after 17 treatments. It will probably get worse but this is a good sign! And HPV is easier to treat. I'm really glad for you.

get to a ear nose and throat dr NOW....my husband is in his 4th year of remission but he had to go through a lot to get to this point. Arizona oncology is also a good ave . to take...DO IT NOW...!!!!!!

An ear and throat oncologist surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University is where this all began. He had a tissue sample from my throat biopsied to determine if my "suspicious appearing" lump in my throat was cancer and everything thereafter is a result.

I cannot loose sight of the fact that I am also dealing with stage 4 renal cell carcinoma, five years post diagnosis, so I am heavily dependant upon friends and family to keep me positive.

Hey Jim, so good to get an update from you. Here are a couple of additional discussions on Connect that may interest you:

- radiation burns https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/radiation-burns/ Members share tips on managing, soothing and preventing radiation burn.
- Talking Frankly about Living with Advanced Cancer https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/talking-frankly-about-living-with-advanced-cancer/ Members say what's on their mind, no judgement. It can be good to have a place to talk about the stuff that one is reluctant to share with those close to them.

Welcome to Connect, @bond007 (I can't believe your username wasn't taken already, LOL) Do you have throat cancer or a head and neck cancer?

I have HPV throat cancer consisting of a tumor near my left tonsil plus some small lesions in my lymph nodes on the right side. I am at radiation treatment 18 today and just seeing radiation burns beginning on both sides of my throat. I am treating the burn with aquaphor.

Hi Jim, It is good to hear from you again.
I had 40 radiation treatments five years ago, so I know what you are going through right now. I was very successful in treating the burns with aloe. I started with aquaphor, tons of it just right after radiation; but later in the day, I would rest with slices of fresh cooled aloe on the radiated area. I would even cut a small piece, and let it melt in my mouth. If you are willing to experiment with this, I can give you further instructions.
Best to you, Loli

My husband is going through the same thing you are......right now we are in 1 month remission. He had 7 weeks of radiation and 6 weeks of chemo X1 per week. I know what you are going through and hopefully I can give you some tips. We kept a bottle of aloe in the frig, when ithe burns got really bad he would squirt on hands and apply to the neck. He did use asphor quite a bit from the beginning to about a month after treatments. I’m not sure if this was good, but at the end of treatments he started keeping those in frig as well. I wish you all the best I. Your treatments. Yes it has to be hard but the reward is so great!

Thank you for your insight and advice. I will keep the idea about aloe in mind as we do have aloe plants we tend for summer sun bburns.