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Hello @gtokaren and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I’m sure this lesion in your mouth was...

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Discussion: Going for biopsy in 9 days - need help for post diagnosis

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 15, 2023

Hi @coolcakes Welcome to our Head and Neck group. Mandiblectomy with replacement bone graph? In addition...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1289233/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 24, 2025

@meadowj Hey, feel free to stick around, ask questions, talk about options you've discussed with your...

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Discussion: Diagnosed /w Ameloblastoma. Young Adult

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 11, 2025

@skip0716 Hello and welcome. Two mandiblectomies! Both sides or did the initial one fail? The phlegm...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1581280/

Discussion: Complete laryngectomy

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 23 11:22am

Hello coquest23, I cared for my former partner who had osteogenic sarcoma of the right maxillary...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/985216/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 22, 2023

Hi @cris2. Just popping into the conversation to give a little assistance with your husband’s denture...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1008142/

Discussion: Did you lose your hair with chemo and radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 2, 2024

At the end of October 2022, I was diagnosed with HPV tongue and throat cancer. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/888570/

Discussion: Husband diagnosed with tonsil cancer: looking for tips and support

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2023

The recovery takes longer than you may think. Some issues never recover so we just learn...

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Discussion: Head & neck radiation side effects continue, especially swelling

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 21, 2022

@tomschwerdt. I felt very soft tissue behind my upper right molar and in my heart knew...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1322800/

Discussion: Diagnosed with Ameloblastoma

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 8, 2025

So as for me I continued with my pain management regimen for a few months post...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1371768/

Discussion: Three months post treatment with Ongoing Mouth Pain

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 16, 2025

Hi Meadow. I’m mom of a 25 year old guy who was diagnosed with ameloblastoma almost...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1229687/

Discussion: Diagnosed /w Ameloblastoma. Young Adult

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 4, 2025

@hrhwilliam OK, my surgeries for maxillary-and ethmoid cancer followed by radiation for six weeks was in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521590/

Discussion: Do late effects of sinus radiation contribute to TBI/concussion?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 7 9:23am

I was living in Florida my son came and got me and brought me to Indiana...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/336302/

Discussion: After radiation: Tracheotomy, feeding tube and hard to swallow

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Feb 28, 2021

Hi,My name is Jim I live in Atlanta GA. back at the beginning of the year...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131716/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 27, 2024

Our circumstances are different because my cancer was Stage 4 tonsil cancer. A tumor in the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1485122/

Discussion: Severe long term side effects from head and neck radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 17 8:58pm

Hello, my name is Lisa, and I have salivary gland cancer-- adenoid cystic carcinoma. January 2016...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/174474/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 3, 2019

Welcome @charlesvalley! I went to the dentist about 1 year prior to my diagnosis for normal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1096419/

Discussion: Diagnosed with Ameloblastoma

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 29, 2024

My radiation for maxillary and ethmoid sinus cancer, after surgeries, was in late 2006. First thing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521566/

Discussion: Do late effects of sinus radiation contribute to TBI/concussion?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 7 9:02am

Hi there, I’m a 74 year old woman who was in fairly good health until I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/849798/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2023

@la93 Because surgery can be a scary adventure in life, my belief systems shaped through life...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1331089/

Discussion: Diagnosed with Ameloblastoma

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

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