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Hang in there. There were days I begged and pleaded with the doctors to stop the...

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Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 12, 2023

@56tburd I had radiation and chemotherapy for SCC base of tongue about 16 years ago. The...

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Discussion: Anyone dealing with long-term dysphagia and chronic cough?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

@kim45 Members in Connect aren’t able to diagnose medical conditons but we are able to use...

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Discussion: Mouth cancer? Anyone know a free place to be screened in Florida?

Support Group: Cancer

Posted: Nov 17, 2025

Part 2. I am going to now provide my experience receiving treatments in the DART 2.0...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211585/

Discussion: New HPV-16 back of tongue cancer diagnosis and treatment to date

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 14, 2025

I was diagnosed with the exact same thing last February. I underwent 35 rounds of radiation...

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Discussion: Newly diagnosed and scared: How did you cope?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 21, 2024

@hrhwilliam You are an incredible part of this board. I have tried to find every post...

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Discussion: Your tips for recovery after 35 radiation treatments for tonsil cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 2, 2025

Hello All, I am 3 ½ weeks out from my 25 rounds of radiation. My ENT...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1417181/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 16, 2025

I was diagnosed with SC tongue CA 2 .5 years ago followed by partial glossectomy and...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 14, 2025

William, Wow, there are no words to express how the comfort your reply (my first on...

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Discussion: Test for HPV and cryoablation for tonsils

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 24, 2023

My bf has neck and head cancer squamous cell carcinoma hpv 16. He was diagnosed March...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 5, 2021

In 2010 in had throat cancer of the pyriform sinus. I had 35 radiation and three...

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Discussion: Navigating my way through throat cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 9 1:12pm

I had tonsilar cancer which affected the lymph nodes in the right side of my neck,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1094808/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 26, 2024

Hello, @jlsdaughter. Here are some tips I found online. May God bless you and yours. Navigating...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1415854/

Discussion: My mom is 80 and was diagnosed with cancer at the base of her tongue.

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Hello to all, I’ve been diag’ed with SquamousP16 on back RT side of the tongue and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/939042/

Discussion: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) P16+

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2023

@pampou : Thank you for sharing the details of all you have been through. When I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312576/

Discussion: 15 years after parotid cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 25, 2025

Week 6 5 radiation treatments Cisplatin chemotherapy session cancelled; blood platelet count, white blood cell count,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211589/

Discussion: New HPV-16 back of tongue cancer diagnosis and treatment to date

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 14, 2025

@jonesja Thank you, that is very helpful. I don't want any feeding tube either. Everything I...

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Discussion: I just started radiation, what kind of side effects should I expect?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 6 9:53am

@kent8692 it took well over a year for me to recover most tastes. Sugar is no...

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Discussion: Just 2 and a half weeks into recovery after 33 radiation treatments

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 15 6:56am

I am so sorry for all the challenges you, your husband, & your daughter are facing....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/879544/

Discussion: HPV tonsil, throat cancer spread to lymph node chains & clumped

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 16, 2023

Hi, I just heard of this. I definitely would look into this to hopefully help your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/951248/

Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 21, 2023

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