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

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Discussion: Are there ways to help me swallow better?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 23, 2024

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, 2024

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

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Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 19, 2023

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 3, 2020

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

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Discussion: Are there ways to help me swallow better?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2023

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 22, 2022

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 27, 2022

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

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Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 11, 2023

I'm so sorry you're going through this. My mouth soreness/pain is just starting, but the things...

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Discussion: Swallowing feels like razor blades

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 7 9:19am

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

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Discussion: Swollen cancerous lymph nodes… no tumor

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 4, 2024

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

Never any mention of a feeding tube..I did bring it up at one of our first...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261508/

Discussion: Throat Pain Help

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 18 10:49pm

Hi @bri3sd Welcome to our Head and Neck group. Swallowing likely will be a challenge for...

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Discussion: Swallowing hard 7 wks after radiation: Will it get better?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 15 5:34am

"You will give up trying to swallow" This advice is coming from an actual licensed medical...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825728/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 13, 2023

I have HPV16 tongue cancer. I was diagnosed in September 2022. I finally had a biopsy...

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Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 12, 2023

I was diagnosed with tonsil cancer back in February. SCC HPV16 pos. Tors was not recommended...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 21, 2024

You can swallow Magic Mouthwash. I also use a throat spray Chloraseptic sore throat max strength...

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Discussion: Swallowing feels like razor blades

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 5 9:29am

Ask your Oncologist(s) for a prescription for "Magic Mouthwash". It has lidocaine in it and numbs...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/910544/

Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 10, 2023

Hi Adrienne,, Thank you for the warm welcome. I saw two ENT’s that confirmed that with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/174419/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 21, 2018

I had squamous cell carcinoma at the base of my tongue just below my epiglottis. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1048065/

Discussion: Gastrostomy Tube (G-Tube): Difficulty finding a formula that works

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 9, 2024