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Anyone had Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment after radiation?
Anyone with feedback from having Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments for post radiation? Starting in a few weeks and interested to know of the experience from anyone...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 15, 2024
After radiation: Tracheotomy, feeding tube and hard to swallow
After radiation I cannot even take a sip of water I have a tracheotomy and feeding tube 60 % of the time I suffer even...
Last active: Aug 3, 2021
Anyone have Radiation-Induced Brachial Plexus Neuropathy?
Hello All, I am looking for people has more experience on late developed RIBN. 3 years after my bilateral Radiotherapy on my neck; I started...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 18 7:36am
Cancer Free After Radiation and Chemo DART 2.0 Trial
I wish to say first that I pray that each of you reading this will one day be able to say, “I am Cancer free!”...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 31 2:59pm
Do late effects of sinus radiation contribute to TBI/concussion?
How does the late effects of sinus radiation continue to deteriorate affected areas and worsen minor TBI?
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 5 11:51pm
Anyone have success with red light therapy for radiation effects?
I've read about it and considering trying it. Please post if you've used it for your H and N cancer healing and or radiation fibrosis.Thank...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 15 10:30pm
Throat Cancer Caregiver: What to expect after radiation?
We are down to the last 4 radiation treatments, what should I expect next
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 17, 2025
Did you lose your hair with chemo and radiation?
Did everyone lose their hair with tonsil cancer. Does it just thin or all come out for a man?
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 9, 2024
Throat Radiation After-Effects, Aspiration & Suffocating Mucous
I am a 61-year-old woman that finished the last of 35 radiation treatments last March 2020. Since then, I have had pneumonia and other lung...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 21, 2025
Synovial sarcoma: Proton or conventional radiation after surgery?
I just completed a mandibulectomy and free flap reconstruction for a synovial sarcoma. Went well with clear margins. Have the option for followup treatment with...
Support Group: Sarcoma
Last active: Feb 26, 2023
Laser treatment for scar tissue post radiation of the throat
My husband had squamous cell cancer of the tonsils and had radiation and chemo. He is a year out from treatment it is now developing...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 17, 2023
13 weeks post radiation and throat pain continues
It has now been 13 weeks since my final radiation (33 sessions) for my Squamous Cell Carcinoma throat cancer on the right side base of...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 22, 2025
Swelling at site of tumour 6 weeks post radiation
I am 6 weeks post 35 sessions radiation for HPV + tonsil cancer T2N0. Have had all the usual after effects but fortunately not to...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Dec 11, 2025
How long does radiation impact the tumor after treatment?
Any ideas on how long the radiation continues to impact the tumor after treatment is finished? I have heard 3 mos and 6 mos…Thanks in...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Oct 7, 2024
Anyone have difficulty with speech (forming words) after radiation?
I had 35 radiation treatments for squamous cell throat cancer ending May 22, 2024. On September 7 and 12I had brief episodes where I couldn’t...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Oct 3, 2024
When do you start getting energy after radiation?
My husband had TORs surgery for cancer in January and has just completed radiation. He's so tired he feels he could sleep all the time....
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 18, 2024
Head & neck radiation side effects continue, especially swelling
I was diagnosed with Esthesioneuroblastoma in June of 2021. I underwent two surgeries to remove the tumor and repair my skull base. After healing from...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 28, 2025
Anyone feel swelling in frontal lobe after radiation? Memory issues?
Does anyone have any experiences from head/neck radiation after the first therapy treatment, of memory recall issues: past memory & immediate, and of a feeling...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 20 7:51pm
Post treatment for SCC tongue cancer following 7 weeks radiation
My husband finished 7 weeks of radiation therapy for SCC at the base of his tongue with 6 chemo treatments. He now suffers from severe...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 23 2:09pm