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Diagnosed with 5 mm tumor in pyriform sinus
Have to wait until Nov 29th to see my ENT. Gastro found the tumor. Seems like the only growths in this area are carcinomas. Has...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Aug 14, 2023
Sinus Cancer: Prosthodontist specializing in palatal obturator?
Looking for a recommendation for a prosthodontist or dental specialist who is knowledgable in the fabrication and management of a palatal obturator located in the...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jan 25, 2023
Suggestions to remedy discomfort after sinus surgery
Hello friends, my husband is recovering from endoscopic sinus cancer surgery (carcinoma with basaloid features). The buildup of drying mucus and blood, combined with the...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Dec 23, 2023
Anybody that had adenoid cystic carcinoma in sinus cavity?
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"...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Aug 7, 2023
Sunscreen recommendations for radiation irritation on face?
My husband is having a lot of radiation redness (burns?) on his nose and cheeks from his radiation treatments for sinus cancer. I gave him...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 25 1:47pm
Any experience with treatment for Esthesioneuroblastoma?
Hi, my husband was recently diagnosed with an esthesioneuroblastoma tumor in his sinus area, to discover it has also traveled to his right lymph node...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: May 5 8:20pm
Trismus (lock jaw) after Head & Neck cancer treatment: What helps?
Hi everyone. I’m new and here on behalf of my mother who was diagnosed with sinus cancer last year. She had surgery in November 2020...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 1, 2023
Tonsil cancer and metastatic SCC
Three weeks ago my 63 years old father was diagnosed with cancer based of the biopsy result on a tumor on his neck, after PET...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Nov 19, 2022
Chronic ear pain and stuffy nose after throat cancer treatment
My husband is experiencing pain in his left ear 3 months after completing radiation and chemotherapy for cancer on his left tonsil. He describes the...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Dec 3, 2023
Metastatic renal cell cancer: Cyst in maxilla bone area
I have metastatic renal cell stage 4 cyst in my left maxilla area, moving horizontally toward sinus. Tried immunotherapy, single med chemo, spoke of radiation,...
Support Group: Kidney Cancer
Last active: Jan 16 8:07pm
Caregiver spouse needs pre-radiation advice
My 81 year-old husband will be starting radiation in a few weeks for left-side paranasal sinus cancer (carcinoma with basaloid features). What advice or guidance...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 7 2:01pm
Meet others living with Head & Neck Cancer: Introduce yourself
Welcome to the Head and Neck Cancer group.This is a welcoming, safe place where you can meet other people who are living with head and...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: 1 day ago
Permanent loss of smell after surgery. Food suggestions?
My husband is 81 and just had sinus cancer surgery (either sarcoma or carcinoma, they're still unsure). His olfactory nerve had to be severed and...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jan 7 11:24am
Left Tonsil Swollen
Hello!I am posting because I am scared, as I imagine many other are who post here. I have been struggling with sinus/nasal congestion in my...
Last active: Dec 23, 2020
Radiation side effects with H&N cancer. When will they ever end?
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Dec 11, 2023
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: Jul 26, 2023