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Some foods will be intolerable forever. Try everything soft. Vanilla milkshakes don’t burn as much as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1083238/

Discussion: Post Treatment Questions: low RBC and dealing with throat pain

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 8, 2024

Hi @lewisandmabel and welcome. I wouldn't doubt that the radiation you had caused internal injuries which...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/988321/

Discussion: Radiation-Induced Carotid Artery Stenosis

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 29, 2023

Hi and thank you for this post. My husband did chemo and radiation in 2009 and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/928450/

Discussion: Difficulty swallowing meds: Resorted to DIY pharmaceutical compounding

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 11, 2023

At my last dental exam, dentist said gums were getting to be an issue. Try a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/898026/

Discussion: Oncology Dentist: Is it recommended to see a specialist?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 18, 2023

Jeff, Thank you for sharing and if I could ask a question and I have a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/701871/

Discussion: Living with a trach (tracheostomy), need advice.

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 24, 2022

Your bf has gone through a lot. I have been struggling with all the normal side...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/632687/

Discussion: Struggling with shortness of breath and lump in throat

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 4, 2021

Hello everyone. I do not remember where I discovered the best tip for swallowing pills. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1215299/

Discussion: Difficulty swallowing liquids

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 18 4:52am

Sorrow for your suffering. I have esophagus cancer stage 3 b, I'm 50,feeding tube and breathing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/902708/

Discussion: Throat Radiation After-Effects, Aspiration & Suffocating Mucous

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 26, 2023

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

I did get my sense of taste back. I would say it was at about 50%...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1222970/

Discussion: My life in remission

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 27 9:45am

Just an FYI on Proton radiation. The proton beam equipment is large and expensive. The expense...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220529/

Discussion: Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the eye orbit and on face

Support Group: Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Posted: Jan 24 10:47am

You have a lot of good advice here already. I am 13 years post radiation and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1260126/

Discussion: Throat Pain Help

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 17 8:45am

@nmstauffer8 I'm going to repost from long ago with an update. My husband has undergone 40...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/174566/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 11, 2021

Hi Oh Dear it sounds that everyone was doing their best to fight the cancer. There...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1203628/

Discussion: Leaving group as husband passed away

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 4 10:07am

Thank you! My husband did not have the surgery, he is stage 2 and 82 yrs...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1029287/

Discussion: Feeding tube patients: What's your experience?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Mar 7, 2024

My surgery for SCC (not HPV) involved ear and neck but just prior to surgery I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/920082/

Discussion: Strange taste - change in taste

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2023

Good morning, @skfields. You’re wondering if it’s common to get more frequent sore throats after being...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783470/

Discussion: Frequent sore throats

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 11, 2022

I went through two separate proton beam radiation therapies- 35 (2019) and 5 (2021) doses. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/773747/

Discussion: Laryngeal Ca: After radiation, how many have laryngectomy & trach?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 16, 2022

Hi Robert, I am so sorry to hear about your jaw surgery that made you go...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/241093/

Discussion: Scar tissue in throat caused by radiation and chemo treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 27, 2020

Hi Jim, how are you? I came late to this post; but here I am. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/218536/

Discussion: squamous cell in throat

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 23, 2018

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