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Hi @islandgirl63, I was diagnosed with Tongue cancer on my left side of my mouth on...

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

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Posted: Aug 2 1:17pm

I had tonsil cancer with radiation/chemo. Before and two months after treatment I had NavDx blood...

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Discussion: can someone help me with this? & how accurate is a PET Scan?

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Posted: Jul 11 12:19pm

Hello @ dc56 I agree, it’s unfortunate that we had to learn the hard way about...

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Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

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Posted: Mar 26, 2023

Fair enough. After photon radiation to the throat for my SSC, within a very few years...

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Discussion: Can anyone share their experience with Mandible reconstruction?

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Posted: Jul 27 7:10pm

Hi @lennyc, and welcome to you. I am sorry for your diagnosis. After beginning treatment for...

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

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Posted: Dec 4, 2023

Hi @cskippy Welcome to the Head and Neck group here at Connect. In my personal experience...

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Discussion: Nerve damage effecting tongue, muscle, swallowing.

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Posted: 1 day ago

I was diagnosed with SC tongue CA 2 .5 years ago followed by partial glossectomy and...

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

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Posted: Apr 14 4:30pm

I don’t know where your uncle is located, but from what I understand MD Anderson in...

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Discussion: SCC in tonsil/throat spreading: What should be next step?

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Posted: Oct 29, 2024

I'm not a doctor, just a patient. I know of patients that were slow to gain...

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

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Posted: Jun 21, 2024

I could hardly eat anything after my 30 rounds of radiation treatment. I lived on creamy...

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Discussion: Seeking advice for eating challenges

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Posted: May 20, 2024

I had SCC on the base of my tongue and a couple of lymph nodes in...

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Discussion: Diagnosed with SCC on base of tongue

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Posted: Jan 23, 2024

Hi @handyman69 and welcome. Stage 4 tonsil cancer? Fine one day and the next not so...

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

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Posted: Jan 15, 2024

I was on 3 different nausea medications during radiation/chemo. One was a 5 day patch that...

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Discussion: How to help a cancer patient undergoing treatment with nutrition?

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Posted: Jan 1, 2024

Hello, My post chemo/radiation treatments left me with thick mucus. OTC recommended products did not work!...

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Discussion: Excess phlegm after oral cancer surgery: What helps?

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Posted: Oct 27, 2023

I am currently at the Mayo in MN. I was diagnosed on 8/12, had surgery to...

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Discussion: Starting de-escalated treatment for base of tongue

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Posted: Oct 13, 2021

Hi I’m 4 1/2 years out. I had Neuro endocrine tumor on the soft palate of...

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

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Posted: Oct 22, 2020

Not sure what what saggy skin “like a frog “ looks like. Possibly edema? Lymph fluid?...

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Discussion: After Effects of Radiation: Saggy skin under the chin

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Posted: Apr 26 8:48am

Hi William, What would the conversation be if stage 4a, pT2, pN2b perineurial invasion, skeletal muscle...

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Discussion: What treatment options are available to reccurrence of H&N cancer?

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Posted: Mar 7 10:54am

@blessed52 My dermatologist and PCP stated that once you have HPV there is nothing available to...

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Discussion: How do you clear the HPV16 virus to prevent cancer recurrence?

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Posted: Feb 1 7:06am

Update - on May 27, 2025, I went back for my 4-month PET CT scan to...

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Discussion: Parotid gland tumor. Will need surgery. Your experience at Mayo?

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Posted: Jun 9 12:44pm

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