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Thank you. Im working hard to get him to gain a few pounds before the chemo/...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 19, 2024

Esophageal cancer live in Alaska and want to know how others have dealt with chemo radiation...

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

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Jul 18, 2021

I had a pre and post NavDx and the results came in 7 days. Went from...

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Discussion: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) P16+

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 14, 2024

sorry, didn't finish message. 5 months later another, had radiation with ensuing difficulties but nothing since....

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Discussion: Anyone have verrucous hyperplasia (oral leukoplakia) pre-cancer?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 13, 2025

Has anyone here had a feeding tube put in before starting radiation! My husband has one...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 23, 2023

I’m not sure. I think this was a very early detection and the primary was removed...

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Discussion: Tonsil cancer?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 20, 2023

@omaest I can resonate with your post. Radiation is the gift that keeps on giving. Argh....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1466910/

Discussion: Nerve damage effecting tongue, muscle, swallowing.

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Thank you. I am at msk Sloane Kettering. I have a denture. They were afraid fibula...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1091276/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 21, 2024

They never told me how much radiation I got through my 30 x proton sessions after...

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Discussion: Start RT soon: What side effects can I expect?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2024

I had HPV+ SCC base of tongue cancer and underwent chemoradiation for it after induction chemotherapy...

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Discussion: New cancer 2 months after TORS Surgery chemo+radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 23, 2024

Had Hyperberic 60 treatments 2 hrs a day 5 days a week for 6O days in...

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Discussion: Anyone had Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment after radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 13, 2024

Thank you for your response. Just starting to look at other options. He just had surgery...

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Discussion: Types of radiation therapy and chemo therapy combinations

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2023

Strange thing happened to me. The radiation removed the beard on my neck and the hair...

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Discussion: When in treatment for head and neck cancer: Beard or no beard?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 3, 2023

What is HBO therapy? How many years passed before you began having trouble with your teeth?...

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Discussion: Dental treatment before rad denied by insurance

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 29, 2025

My husband has parotid gland (major salivary gland cancer) and has had a parotidectimy w neck...

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Discussion: Has anyone been diagnosed with salivary gland cancer in a minor gland?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 29, 2025

It was squamous cell carcinoma. HPV 16+. One of his big issues besides not being able...

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Discussion: Does acupuncture help saliva glands damaged from radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 13, 2024

I had rare angiosarcoma 10 years ago in the skin on my cheek treated with surgical...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 1, 2023

My husband was diagnosed on 1/6/23 with base of the tongue cancer with 2 lymph nodes...

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Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 21, 2023

Yes. 3 treatments of 30 radiation plus 1 chemo ( cisplatin). 3 days later I passed...

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Discussion: HPV squamous cell throat cancer: Soft palate isn't working

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 16, 2025

Hi Jersey, visited with my radiation oncologist and she is going to call my oral surgeon...

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Discussion: Dentures plus implants after radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 15, 2024