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Gastrostomy Tube (G-Tube): Difficulty finding a formula that works
My husband is currently starting week 4 of his 7 week treatment with Cistplatin and radiation but is having the worst time with finding a...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 14 9:43am
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Seeking advice for eating challenges
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...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: May 26 12:56pm
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Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?
Hi everybody, My husband has 9 more radiation treatments & 1 more chemo to go. He is having bad pain due to a huge, quarter...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Nov 25, 2023
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Parotid cancer
I am new at this so not sure how this all works. But, I would like to know if there are any clinical trials for...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 14, 2021
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Husband diagnosed with Squamous cell tumor on his neck.
After 5 weeks 19 treatments it fell off. He was in extreme pain after that during radiation because of the way they were positioning his...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 11 10:09am
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Anyone dealing with long-term dysphagia and chronic cough?
Asking for my husband who is 61 and 12 years post chemo/radiation for stage IV scc base of tongue w/lymph node involvement. He is now...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 11 1:03pm
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How I was diagnosed with Parotid Gland Cancer (High-grade NETs)
I would like to share some of my symptoms I experienced when I was first diagnosed with High Grade Neuroendocrine Carcinoma in my parotid gland....
Last active: Feb 16, 2021
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Difficulty swallowing meds: Resorted to DIY pharmaceutical compounding
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: May 2 8:05pm
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Recurring squamous cell cancer
I had my lower right jaw and tumor removed in August + 44 lymph nodes on right side removed, then 35 radiation treatments and 5...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: May 14 8:08am
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Going my way: Decided to stop cancer treatments
To make a 18 yr long story short, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in Nov. of 2000 at the age of 48....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 5, 2023