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Meet others living with Head & Neck Cancer: Introduce yourself
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Sep 21 5:27pm | Replies (538)Comment receiving replies
Hello @michelleandrupert,
Welcome! I am sure you wish to not be a part of a group of people diagnosed with head and neck cancers. However, we are all in this together. Your husband is fortunate to have you as his advocate. My cancer was diagnosed in 2018 in the throat by the vocal cords. After 35 radiation sessions, I lost the ability to talk, eat and drink. On the bright side, after having speech therapy (exercise of throat muscles) it all came back very slowly. If it were not for the treatment, I would be long dead. I utilized a red-light wand every single day before the radiation treatments. Whether it helped, is anyone's guess. Keep laughing, loving and living. Like everything in this life, it is just a passing happening. Your faith will see you through.
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Thank you so much. Your insight helps me be better prepared.
Thank you your post. I have just finished treatment for state 3A HypoPharnyxgeal cancer. 2 lymph nodes. Locally advanced cancer. Non surgically treatable due to size and location. I have never met anyone as of yet with the same diagnosis. Ones that have the same are also HPV positive which gives them a better prognosis. I never smoked but I did drink, for a period of 10 years. I did have breast cancer 15 years ago ( stage 3b). I had the works then including radiation to the chest which a theory lingers that this is what might have caused this cancer. I am a 57 yr old female. Good health ( besides the C's ), exercise and active. I am 3 weeks out from my last radiation. Speech is trying to come back and swallowing slowly and carefully but signs are there that things are recovering. My concern is really did I get this? We'll never know but if I could hear back from someone with a similar diagnosis and find out their prognosis and tips and tricks, I would love this. Thank you for reading my post.
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I had lymphoma in my mouth and also can not speak, eat, or drink. My challenge is I now can not open my mouth (trismus). I am interested in what sort of speech therapy you did.