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Radiation side effects with H&N cancer. When will they ever end?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Dec 11, 2023 | Replies (141)Comment receiving replies
If you are lucky like me the hair loss is temporary. The loss of saliva however can go on for years but in my case has improved while the nose running has almost gone completely. This recovery stuff takes years unfortunately. Broken legs are easy to bounce back from compared to this.
Wish I could find my lost hair photo to attach. But like the radiation mask and other torture apparatus, I have no doubt disposed of it in the hopes of getting rid of the nightmare as well.
I hope you heal well and fast.
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Well after talking to my E.N. T. we have both pretty much decided that what I don't have yet after nine years isn't going to come back. After a while you figure things out, like extra paper towels for that runny nose. Lots of water and maybe even some Biotene Gel. I don't think my taste or saliva will ever get better. My hair is not coming back.But like they say you learn to live with things. I think that all of us have been through so much worse these are the little things. I did get rid of my mask after about a year but kept the pictures of it on at the machine. A lot of people don't understand things and when they see a picture it tends to help them understand a little.