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Swallowing requires the use of roughly fifty separate muscles and the communication and reflex between all...

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Discussion: Oral Cancer, surgery done..waiting for further treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 13 7:01pm

I had head and neck radiation 20 years ago at MGH. The treatment burned a hole...

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Discussion: Radiation side effects with H&N cancer. When will they ever end?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 25, 2023

I had right neck lymph nodes removed and jugular vein. I have had a lot of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/734549/

Discussion: Lymphedema in the neck after laryngectomy

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2022

@smittyfromcuse, I appreciate your coming back with an update, although I know it wasn't the news...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/816344/

Discussion: Questions about de-escalation radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2023

Ah, I understand now. I kept re-reading your post and wasn’t clear on who did the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790939/

Discussion: Tongue Cancer: What are my treatment options?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 31, 2022

I’m currently on the last week of a five week protocol of 50gy radiation with once...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841250/

Discussion: Meet others living with Head & Neck Cancer: Introduce yourself

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

Hola @hei. Feel free to respond in Spanish. It will be automatically translated for English speakers...

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Discussion: Squamous Cell Cancer of head and neck

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 4, 2022

@abes1068 I have had 7 weeks of head and neck radiation post surgery but primary tumor...

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Discussion: RT alone or TORS then some RT?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 23 11:53am

Hi @kco, Conventional radiation (photon) uses a beam of x-rays that travel through the body in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/336974/

Discussion: Oral cancer: proton vs photon radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 11, 2021

Hi, my experience was and currently is that the taste of all foods, since radiation, has...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/755046/

Discussion: How long before my taste buds recover after H&N treatments?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2022

Hi Raj, I had exactly the same cancer in the cheek seven years ago. My surgery...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/307993/

Discussion: Oral Cancer, surgery done..waiting for further treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 20, 2020

Hello My name is Melinda and I was diagnosed with Laryngeal Cancer. I am 1 year...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/626382/

Discussion: Meet others living with Head & Neck Cancer: Introduce yourself

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 14, 2021

How long ago were his radiation treatments? The reason for this question is that in some...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/875133/

Discussion: Radiation side effects with H&N cancer. When will they ever end?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 8, 2023

One more thought, unlike others who describe their experience, I can breathe and swallow without the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/985794/

Discussion: What is your quality of life after a partial maxillectomy?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 24, 2023

You poor dear!! I know well the ravages of chemo but I’m not had radiation. I’m...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/633821/

Discussion: Mucositis

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2021

Shelly, It's not unusual for complications from radiation. Proton radiation eradicated the tumor sitting on my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/962352/

Discussion: Anyone had Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2023

I have had my throat stretched many times, but I do not have an esophageal problem....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/805891/

Discussion: Scar tissue in throat caused by radiation and chemo treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 3, 2023

Sometimes I think its a Late effects of Radiation, as I had it to my Throat,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781967/

Discussion: Scar tissue in throat caused by radiation and chemo treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 7, 2022

Yes I had exploding diarrhea during radiation and chemo. Also took Imodium. Just remember, it won't...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099152/

Discussion: Diarrhea as radiation side effect?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 4 11:14am

I had 3/4 of my tongue removed, double neck dissection, then 6 weeks of radiation and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/939238/

Discussion: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) P16+

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 30, 2023

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