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So with a feeding tube you do not have any taste of anything and you can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/185765/

Discussion: Caring For Someone who Uses A Feeding Tube

Support Group: Caregivers

Posted: Jan 7, 2019

Some smoothies are really good and when I think of the surgery and what I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/111905/

Discussion: Hypopharyngeal cancer: Anyone treated with proton radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 16, 2017

Glad to hear your husbands tratment is going well. Initially the MDs did not know the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/326090/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 1, 2020

Again you are spot on with your treatment log describing your experience and I can attest...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220969/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 25 2:26am

Hey sorry it took so long I haven’t been on for a while. My taste buds...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/174539/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

Malt powder!!!!! Add malt powder to your magic concoction!!!!! I'm currently undergoing treatment for cancer round...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/877530/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 13, 2023

Hi, I join here for my husband to learn from the group My husband at 71...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1248211/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 1 4:49pm

Thank you for your encouraging comments. I will listen to your thoughts and ideas. Kudos to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1176491/

Discussion: 9 days after end of treatment, mouth and throat questions

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2024

Hello @ louisejewell. I was on Libtayo for 2 years and 4 months for metastatic SCC...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1098191/

Discussion: Libtayo (cemiplimab) treatment for SCC...any comments?

Support Group: Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2024

I checked with md Anderson as they were the ones that said acupuncture would help that’s...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1010770/

Discussion: Does acupuncture help saliva glands damaged from radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 6, 2024

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, 2024

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

Hi Thank you for your input. I did not have radiation, but I have had four...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/948847/

Discussion: Following tongue resection, I have no appetite. Is this normal?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 16, 2023

In looking back at my notes, it took me about 10 months to get most of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1260422/

Discussion: When will my sense of taste and smell return?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 17 2:00pm

I'm in Wisconsin, too. But I went to Mayo Rochester. I had no nausea or really...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1145097/

Discussion: Checking in again after starting treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 21, 2024

I was diagnosed squamous cell cancer at the base of my tongue. It had spread into...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/920234/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2023

Hi @doug85254 and welcome. It can take a while for an appetite to come back however...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/944318/

Discussion: Following tongue resection, I have no appetite. Is this normal?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 8, 2023

Well done on the two years remission, @jano. Sounds as if you are doing well with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/174401/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 11, 2018

I was diagnosed with lymphoma on the base of my tongue and tonsils in October 2023....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067998/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2024

I lost my taste buds for approximately 11 months but I gained them back in percentages....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1026343/

Discussion: Stage 1 Tongue cancer: What are the chances of recurrence?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 2, 2024