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...

My husband still is having a hard time swallowing water since radiation. I've been doing research. Is it radiation esophagitis? How does this heal? My...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

I had my surgery on 12/2021 which started in the left tonsil and traveled to the back of the tongue , some of the soft...

My husband on 10/31/24 completed 7wks of head and neck radiation for stage 4 squamous cell. The act of swallowing still hurts my husband. Is...

My partner was treated in 2015 for Stage IVa left true vocal fold SCC. Treated with Chemo (Cisplatin) and Radiation. Followed by bilateral neck dissection....

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...

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...