← Return to Daughter, 45 anaplastic thyroid cancer. Had surgery, chemo, radiation.

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Hello @swenson and welcome to Connect. I am so sorry to hear of your daughter's diagnosis and current post-surgery problems. It does sound like a very difficult situation for your daughter and you. As I personally, do not know much about this type of cancer, I found some information on the WebMD website. Here is the link, https://www.webmd.com/cancer/anaplastic-thyroid-cancer-overview.

On Connect we have other members who have discussed thyroid cancer. Here is a link to those discussions, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/thyroid-cancer/.

How long ago was your daughter's surgery? Have her oncologists offered any helpful ideas for dealing with problems with the trach and phlegm? Has a visiting nurse been suggested?

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My mom has anaplastic thyroid cancer had surgery took both side of thyroid out had lymph nodes taken about 30 of them. Had radiation and chemo for 6 weeks. She is done with chemo and radiation has a feeding tube in . She has so much flem and dry mouth. She can’t even swallow water without it coming out. Was wondering is there something that can help her?