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Welcome to Connect @coleva. I know how hard it is to wait for treatment to begin....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1017815/

Discussion: How soon did treatment start? Dental issues first

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 18, 2024

Thank you for your response! The doctors need to remove the other tonsil to look for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/962647/

Discussion: Types of radiation therapy and chemo therapy combinations

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 11, 2023

I have completed 35 sessions of photon radiation this year on my neck and throat. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/921893/

Discussion: Swallowing liquids after throat surgery and lymph node dissection

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 31, 2023

My husband is being treated for a rare form of cancer: mucosal melanoma. This cancer appeared...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1207514/

Discussion: HPV Tonsil cancer: I'm very nervous about chemo and radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 9, 2025

Chemo for this particular disease isn’t all that bad. Cisplatin or carbotaxol are given along with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1537303/

Discussion: Squamous cell carcinoma (glottis) metastsized: Anxious about chemo

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 28 12:40pm

Good to hear you're progressing. It's been a year and a half since I finished my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1016044/

Discussion: Getting frustrated with throat pain post radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 15, 2024

Thank you for your reply. He will undergo 35 rounds of radiation. My question is if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/766786/

Discussion: SCC HPV+ on right tonsil and nodes treatment plan.

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 29, 2022

My expert with tongue cancer was similar to yours. I did radiation and cisplatin/chemo. The last...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1161296/

Discussion: Diagnosed with tongue cancer (2nd cancer): Worried about treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 23, 2024

Look into Hyperbaric treatment it has amazing results and should be your answer to get your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1020429/

Discussion: Strange taste - change in taste

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 22, 2024

I had AS on my cheek removed in 2012 and then 30 radiation treatments. I went...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/845552/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 19, 2023

It is amazing how many people have very similar issues to mine. Throat cancer to radiation/chemo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/811168/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 14, 2023

@harleytiger My husband is facing 6 weeks radiation and probably 3 chemo sessions, he has a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1414661/

Discussion: Just Diagnosed with Tonsil Cancer - How to Treat?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2025

No need to describe your taste issue. Blood, licking an iron pipe, eating steel, tingling and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969707/

Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2023

That sounds like a very positive outcome so far! Yes I had the drain as well....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1008308/

Discussion: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) P16+

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 2, 2024

@robholdenried, My 7 weeks of radiation was aimed at an area just below my ear due...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/907678/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 4, 2023

O Don't that sound familiar, I do, especially Bread, even.my pills, try drinking water before you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781900/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 7, 2022

Very important to address those dental issues and check into Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) if dental...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1530020/

Discussion: Proton versus Photon for HPV tonsil cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 18 2:22pm

Thanks. I am having 15 sessions of photon radiation (2gy each for a total of 30gy).

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/996108/

Discussion: 30 gy radiation side effects

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 12, 2024

Hey Trish, I’m so sorry about your cancer diagnosis. I wasn’t much older than you when...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1336056/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with a throat cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

maybe he has pneumonia!!! Also he probably has hsd most of nerded radiation!!!

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825789/

Discussion: Missing late end radiation treatments due to uncontrollable coughing

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 13, 2023

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