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Constipation, 911 and bm talk
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 4 12:21pm
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HELP! Post Cancer Throat Pain
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Oct 3, 2024
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Tonsil Cancer from HPV
I discovered I had a tumor on my right tonsil in April and it had moved to one lymph node - I had robotic surgery...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 23 10:15am
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SSC) with perineural invasion (PNI)
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...
Support Group: Melanoma & Skin Cancer
Last active: May 18, 2024
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Infection in skin above HPV SquamisCell Carcinoma
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 20 10:58am
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Struggling with shortness of breath and lump in throat
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Sep 14, 2021
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15 years after parotid cancer
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: May 25 4:46pm
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Pilocarpine. What are your thoughts?
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 18 5:50pm
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90 year old mom to have teeth removed - 6 years post oral cancer
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 14, 2020
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What to expect during Chemoradiation?
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Aug 1 8:12am