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Tongue Cancer: What are my treatment options?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Apr 27 12:04pm | Replies (93)

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@mojo244

My speech is slurred and it is still difficult to swallow most foods after being 6 years out. My epiglottis is barely functioning which causes aspiration so I really need to be careful when eating and prefer to eat solids only when my wife is home.
Also, the treatments were as strong as they could give me so I am left with tinnitus, migraines, stiff neck, weakness and brain fog.
Though I’m not like I use to be I’m still alive!

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Everything I hear is so depressing. I'm to old to go through this. I just want to go pain free and let nature take it's course.

Welcome @mojo244. As a 6 year survivor, what tips might you offer to @anybody10 who is just starting treatment and worried that the side effects of treatment are tough at 79 years?