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Has anyone had surgery to remove scar tissue?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Oct 24, 2023 | Replies (36)

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@pegimac

I can feel myself turning a frightening corner--toward a negative outlook for the future. Feels like there will always be more Long-term Effects of Radiation to battle, and that my doctors will always just shrug and say, but you're alive. Yes, but it's beginning to feel like I'm going to watch myself slowly suffocate as my throat loses elasticity and the ability to function.

I hate to admit that every night is a struggle to sleep for an hour or so before waking to try and lubricate the throat, to no avail--and all day I struggle to eat because it's so hard to swallow and nothing tastes good. It's hard to take in enough calories to maintain a weight nearly 20 pounds less than my doctor prefers. And for what?

Sorry to be so negative!

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hi pegimac, i truly feel for you. i understand your negativity. i'm not doing any radiation or anything right now. i just had to write to let you know. so far i can breathe, eat, swallow. thing is i just seen the general surgeon who says he won't do my thyroidectomy because he feels the cancer has reached my vocal chords. so he has said he will arrange for me to see a specialist but i have to drive further away. so who knows what will be next for me. i do know that there will be a lot of things i won't consider. things is, when your going through stuff like you are going through, who knows how you will feel as far as trying to survive. its hard.. i have been mashing up alot of my food with the food processor, i have to watch the dry foods. i wake up about every hr. on the hr. have to get something to drink as i have these coughing spells. always feel so tired. can you find another dr. who does not shrug! i don't like shrugs! should not be. wishing you the best this evening. you will be in my prayers.