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I will be getting my first dose of Keytruda this coming week. Along with radiation. What...

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Discussion: Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma (HCCC): Need advice

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 23, 2023

What is release ( free flap) surgery? I had a partial glossectomy in May of 2024...

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Discussion: Free flap surgery (release surgery) after partial glossectomy

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 14, 2021

Hello jenhope and I am sorry your brother is facing this. I have metastatic SCC and...

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Discussion: Squamous cell throat cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 30, 2022

Please I have been there and back radiation damage ,chemo ,feeding tube lost 90 lbs .What...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 29, 2024

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, 2024

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

Yes he’s still going to radiation every day, next Wednesday he goes for chemo after they...

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Discussion: Chemo delayed due to low white blood count: Disappointed

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 3, 2024

6 weeks of radiation 6 sessions of chemo. If you would like to talk I will...

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Discussion: 30 gy radiation side effects

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Had all teeth removed due to deterioration. This had to be done before radiation treatments or...

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Discussion: Dentures plus implants after radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2025

He has not been able to swallow since the surgery. Hoping that as radiation side effects...

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Discussion: When do you start getting energy after radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 12, 2024

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

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Discussion: Questions about de-escalation radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2023

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

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Discussion: Lymphedema in the neck after laryngectomy

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2022

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

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Discussion: Oral cancer: proton vs photon radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 11, 2021

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

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

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Discussion: Tongue Cancer: What are my treatment options?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 31, 2022

@hrhwilliam Great information. Mayo Jacksonville does not have proton radiation only photon. they are building a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220234/

Discussion: Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the eye orbit and on face

Support Group: Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2025

Hi @evelynvelasquez and welcome to the Head and Neck cancer group. You present us with the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220214/

Discussion: Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the eye orbit and on face

Support Group: Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2025

@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, 2024

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