Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

Has anyone gone 5 months without swallowing at all and still been able to relearn?

Hi I'm here to try and get some kind of help with my eating, since i don't make saliva it hurts for me to eat...

My 76 yr old husband had TORS surgery for SCC (HPV 16+) of the tonsils, back of throat and base of tongue in late January....

After radiation I cannot even take a sip of water I have a tracheotomy and feeding tube 60 % of the time I suffer even...

I had a second surgery three weeks ago to remove residual tonsil cancer and to remove two lymph nodes. I am struggling to swallow liquids....

I was irradiated for cancer of the nasopharynx in the mid-1970s. Over the years it has gotten increasingly difficult for me to swallow food and...

I’m 69 and about 22 years out from throat cancer. I was treated with three rounds of chemo and 6 weeks radiation. My swallowing issues...

After TORs surgery Jan 26, my husband has not been able to swallow. On swallow takes an hour sometimes. Nerve damage also caused stiff jaw...

After many months of struggling with his cancer, 35 rounds of radiation, and several hospital stays due to aspiration pneumonia because he could not swallow...

My husband has had his 13th radiation treatment for throat cancer. Surgery did not get it all. He can't swallow. Has anyone else notice any...

I started developing a lesion in my throat about two months ago. It has recently become more aggressive to the point it has opened a...

I had a tracheostomy due to stage four larynx cancer. I completed chemoradiation without surgery. The trach was removed in March 2022 but has not...

My husband had extensive TORS surgery late January and just started radiation. But he has terrible coughing spells. Sounds and looks like he'll cough up...

About 3 months ago I had a tumor removed from the back of my mouth, the surgery went fine. However, it still hurts when I...

Good morning, I am recovering from oropharyngeal cancer radiation treatment which ended late last July. I have been working with a swallow therapist but am...

My husband had a sarcoma of the tongue and throat He was diagnosed in 10/20 and has been cured by radiation and immunotherapy. Now his...

Primary radiation Jan 2013 and re-radiation Oct 2016. CT Angio Apr 2017. to view deep ulcer in left tongue base which may be cancerous and...

The only treatment options i have been offered is chemo and radiation. Radiation 5 times a week for 7 weeks and chemo once a week...

I had oral cancer surgery in September of 2022. I did not receive radiation or chemo after the surgery. Since then, I have had copious...

I was diagnosed with nasal pharyngeal carcinoma when I was 16 years old (20 years ago!) was the first case in New Zealand and underwent...