Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

Hello! I was diagnosed with H&N SSC cancer last August and had 35 treatments of radiation and 7 rounds of Cisplatin. My last chemo was...

Has anyone else had osteonecrosis of the hyoid bone? Husband has had two different radiation treatments of the throat 14 years apart and now has...

I have a lot of scar tissue from radiation leaving me with a challenged airway - it has also ratcheted down on my vocal cords...

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...

New member here -- hello friends! I've been reading the posts for a few weeks. My healthy 81 year-old husband has been diagnosed with a...

I am 8 months + post radiation treatment for my throat cancer, but still experiencing non-stop mucus in my sinuses that won't go away and...

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...

Hi, I was recently diagnosed with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma to the base of tongue and palatine tonsils. I also have Sjogren's Syndrome and Lymphocytic...

He had all of his teeth removed in December due to infection and severe deterioration . Now his left side of his jaw (he received...

Just diagnosed hpv viral back of tongue etc. I'm not sure how quality of life will be during and after. 76 male good shape. Would...

I just completed 35 radiation Treatments for thyroid & trachea cancer. This included 6 chemotherapy.I have been on oxycodone and tylenol for throat pain and...

I am pre radiation/chemo treatment and am getting a repeating infected cyst above the cancerous lymph node that i just had drained and am taking...

My dad (now 83 years old) had tonsil cancer 10 years ago. 35 radiation treatments plus chemo killed the tumor. This past year, radiation fibrosis/necrosis...

Hi,my name is Pam and I am 63 retired from Massachusetts. I was diagnosed with SSC with PNI of the right nostril after being originally...

I discovered I had a tumor on my right tonsil in April and it had moved to one lymph node - I had robotic surgery...

I’m new here so still a little lost. After two chemo sessions and 33 radiation treatments to my throat I am finding every day more...

Early on after radiation treatment I was prescribed Pilocarpine. 5mg three times a day. It didn't do anything for me. Then I googled it and...

As a female at the age of 60, in November of 2010 I was diagnosed with parotid (salivary gland) cancer. In December I underwent surgery...

My mom had oral cancer and follow up radiation 6 years ago. She has dementia and it has been hard to make sure she looks...

I am a 45 year old female and just diagnosed with Stage 4a non-surgical throat, tongue cancer w/lymph node involvement. I will be staring radiation...