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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

@colleenyoung Well he was in the hospital for a week he just got home this past...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1556606/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: 1 day ago

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

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 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

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 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

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...

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

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 19, 2023

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, 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

@forestleaf I see your note was written almost a year ago but want to tell you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1529652/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 18 8:20am

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

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211773/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 15, 2025

"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...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/824833/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 12, 2023

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

Update from OP. I just completed week 4 of daily radiation and chemo. The radiation oncologist...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1237210/

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

Support Group: Thyroid Cancer

Posted: Feb 15, 2025

My husband finally came home from the hospital yesterday and is doing much better although limited...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1503728/

Discussion: Post treatment for SCC tongue cancer following 7 weeks radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 12 7:31am

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