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Thanks so much, Sir. You encouraged us during the Cancer Diagnosis of my husband until treatment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1154685/

Discussion: Chills and Extreme Fatigue After Cancer Treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 9, 2024

@runner61627, my experience was similar although my radiation was aimed more toward ear than mouth. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1110047/

Discussion: Roof of mouth still severely irritated 4 weeks post radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 22, 2024

Re swollowing: I'm not sure if it was due to the surgery or radiation (but probably...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106045/

Discussion: When do you start getting energy after radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2024

Hello - my name is Robin. My husband was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer last November 2023....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1046101/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 6, 2024

Welcome, @christiholtorfhomes. For anyone unfamiliar with DART 2.0, it stands for de-escalated adjuvant radiation therapy, a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1237095/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 14 8:39pm

The photon v proton response is worth investigating. I am 72. I just finished week 1...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1221962/

Discussion: I'm 80 years old. Radiation?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 26 8:44am

Hello @worrywife. I am a 65-year-old woman that underwent radiation going on almost 5 years ago....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1179497/

Discussion: Worried about my husband who had throat cancer: How to support him?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 25, 2024

good morning caffinated1, lilyann here. they wanted to radiate me too, but, the radiologist said i...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1161991/

Discussion: What’s left after "cured" of nasopharyngeal cancer?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 24, 2024

I had 35 rounds of radiation. 5 days a week for 7 weeks. ( plus 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/741226/

Discussion: MRI show inflamed lymph node in neck: What does this mean?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 24, 2022

Hang in there. There were days I begged and pleaded with the doctors to stop the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825171/

Discussion: HPV P16 positive cancer

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 12, 2023

I was living in Florida my son came and got me and brought me to Indiana...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/336302/

Discussion: After radiation: Tracheotomy, feeding tube and hard to swallow

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Feb 28, 2021

Razor blades is an apt description. My throat/swallowing pain got progressively worse during 6 weeks of...

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Discussion: Swallowing feels like razor blades

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 3 4:54pm

Hi,My name is Jim I live in Atlanta GA. back at the beginning of the year...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131716/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 27, 2024

While I did not have oral surgery as my SCC originated in my ear, I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/920095/

Discussion: Husband diagnosed with tonsil cancer: looking for tips and support

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2023

This is a good idea to know other cancer patients in this category. I am 70...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/843496/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 15, 2023

Hello @mjsweeney205 and welcome to the Head and Neck group. I am sorry for not getting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1057678/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2024

Thank you all for your responses so far! We just returned home from radiation #15 out...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1029888/

Discussion: Diagnosed with SCC on base of tongue

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 8, 2024

Sure, in 2008 I was officially Stage IVB T2N3M0 on left tonsil caused by HPV and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1042837/

Discussion: Getting frustrated with throat pain post radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 30, 2024

I have had numerous scc's over the past 10 years +. Two years ago on my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070220/

Discussion: Squamous cell carcinoma (SSC) with perineural invasion (PNI)

Support Group: Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2024

Hello Jennifer, I am sorry you are suffering, yet there is one thought I try to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/333642/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 21, 2021