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After radiation: Tracheotomy, feeding tube and hard to swallow

Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Aug 3, 2021 | Replies (35)
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@amandaa

Hi @evamarie0077, glad you found Mayo Clinic Connect and decided to reach out. Welcome. I am sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time after radiation. According to NHS, "Bleeding. It's common for there to be some bleeding from the windpipe (trachea) or the tracheostomy itself. It's usually minor and improves within a few days, although in some cases it can be significant and a blood transfusion may be needed." - Tracheostomy - Complications - NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tracheostomy/risks/

May I ask a few questions to get a little more information from you?
Do you have esophageal cancer? and is it only when you have radiation that you can not drink any water?

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evamarie0077 | @evamarie0077 | Feb 28, 2021

Thank you so very much for getting back to me I really felt lost and alone in this , They say the cancer is gone it was on my flap on my vocal box I am going to be like this for life I was given 33 radiation treatments it is like my throat was welded shut the 3 surgeons say I cannot be fixed they have tried to operate twice they say it will rip and cause death , I was done radiation a year ago in November, I asked why so many treatments he says I have to have 33

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