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I had no choice on the feeding tube - I had to have the feeding tube...

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Discussion: How do I go through 6 weeks radiation and chemotherapy, alone?

Support Group: Thyroid Cancer

Posted: Nov 7 7:11pm

My husband has similar problem. White foamy mucous. It has improved some since radiation dries the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1074814/

Discussion: Excessive mucous after throat cancer treatment: How did you cope?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 26 7:25am

I was stage 4 head and neck.. I went to cancer treatment center of America... I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/791199/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 1, 2023

Just starting my journey with tonsil cancer, had first round of chemo and 2 radiation so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841863/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 12, 2023

I had the trots through my entire Radiationa and Chemo treatment. I thought it was due...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1097488/

Discussion: Diarrhea as radiation side effect?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 1 12:30pm

@mtborz I am sorry to hear about your husband's suffering and yours as well. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/174550/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 3, 2020

Mojo244, I can relate. I did not realize that I began not to swallow several months...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/817577/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 26, 2023

His coughing is not as bad l but he still has terrible mucous and secretions to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072001/

Discussion: Horrible coughing fits

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 21 6:23am

I believe your doctor should realize that getting nutrition and swallowing are 2 different things. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/827064/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 16, 2023

Hi. I'm 65 and 16 years out. My surgeon told me my soft pallet was not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1178544/

Discussion: Difficulty swallowing liquids

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: 10 hours ago

I gargled baking soda, Salt and water mixture about every 2 hours or so. I believe...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/928088/

Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 11, 2023

I am interested in knowing if he finds a solution. I too have been on a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/719888/

Discussion: Phlegm and Saliva filling in the mouth after tongue sarcoma

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 22, 2022

I am seeing a speech therapist to help with my speaking and eating. She is so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/896202/

Discussion: Are there ways to help me swallow better?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2023

Me too, water is the worst. I need powdered drinks as well. I have noticed that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/828387/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 19, 2023

Yes, that’s what happened to me as well but the therapist was still forcing me to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1044823/

Discussion: Inability to swallow and never ending foamy saliva

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 3 1:25pm

I can’t taste anything. So my brain doesn’t know what it is and says don’t swallow....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092765/

Discussion: Are there ways to help me swallow better?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 23 6:48pm

So you are scheduled for TORS in a month? I assume for a neck dissection to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1080842/

Discussion: Swollen cancerous lymph nodes… no tumor

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 4 3:18pm

Thanks for the reply. I think removal of the feeding tube will happen when I can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/754596/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 27, 2022

I have trismus as a result of lymphoma in my mouth. After chemo and radiation treatments...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/789300/

Discussion: Trismus (lock jaw) after Head & Neck cancer treatment: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 27, 2022

Hey I thank you for the information, so are you able to talk? I was told...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1161381/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 23 8:55am

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