Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

Any experience or suggestions? I’m my wife’s caregiver. Early May 9th she was diagnosed with tonsil cancer. She made her first appointment within 2 weeks...

I been having a hard time with swallowing food and liquids seem to want to go down wrong pipe after swallowing my ct scans came...

Hi @msherfinski here. I am about 3weeks post complete laryngectomy. Having problems swallowing and a lot of mucous. Constantly spitting in a cup. Does anybody...

My husband had nasopharyngeal SCC. It’s been 40 years since 7700 rads of cobalt. The medical facility told us he was one of two people...

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...

I’m getting tors Thursday for a 1 cm consular tumor and 2 3 by 3 lymph Node dissections. What will my pain be? Swallowing big?...

It’s been a very long time since I have posted an update. This will be long and boring but hopefully this will give some newly...

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!”...

For those who cannot swalliw at all, like my husband, have you any advice on how to stop getting pneumonia? Does it improve after radiation...

I had this tumor removed from my right sinus, and then radiation, it's been 2 years. I have such issues with congestion, ear feeling "plugged"...

I am a 13yr survivor of neck cancer with late complications from the radiation treatments that cured my cancer. I have developed a thickening of...

I was diagnosed with HPV tonsil cancer SCC. Did TORS surgery with neck dissection. All margins clear but tumor had PNI-peri neural involvement. They are...

Hi,I had TORS for left tonsil and base of tongue. Also neck dissection. 2/35 lymph nodes positive. No ENE. Primary tumour 8 mm with 5...

I have been diagnosed with a laryngeal chondrosarcoma which is uncommon in location in which the tumor is growing (behind my left vocal cord). I...

My father (61 years old) is due to have a radical neck dissection (on the right) & full tonsillectomy (what is left of previously removed...

Saw radiation onc today, he is happy with the tumor shrinkage (Base of Tongue Cancer) he is seeing on the scans, that made me even...

Hello. In 2008 I was diagnosed and treated for squamous cell cancer in the left tonsil. I have the expected long term side effects....dry mouth,...

Hello members. I've had cancer twice. 1st one was if the left vocal cord. 2nd one was in April 2018 base of the tongue and...

After receiving a full course of radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma to the left tonsil area, lingering side effects had to be faced. My very...

My mother at age 79+ had growth in neck in Dec 2020 and. She underwent surgery to remove the growth in neck and the biopsy...