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Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

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How to deal with constant stress and worry as caregiver?
I feel guilty that i feel so much stress and constant worry when it's my husband going through the cancer. And we haven't even started...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 30 12:26pm
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Best muscle cream
I suffer from radiation damage due to throat cancer 10 years ago which causes neck spasms at least 5 times a day especially if I...
Last active: Jun 8 6:43pm
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Husband fighting neck cancer, depressed and gloomy
My husband was diagnosed with oral cancer in July 2021, had extensive surgery to remove the tumor followed by chemo and radiation . 9 months...
Support Group: Caregivers
Last active: Nov 3, 2022
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Husband diagnosed with tonsil cancer: looking for tips and support
I am writing for my husband who was recently diagnose with Tonsil Cancer. He finished the biopsy and PET scan but we do not know...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 4 11:41am
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Would you get a Laryngectomy or stay with a Trach? How to cope?
Hello members. I've had cancer twice. 1st one was if the left vocal cord. 2nd one was in April 2018 base of the tongue and...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 14, 2021
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It's difficult to get used to the radial forearm free flap. Tips?
I have had a radial free flap grafted in my mouth. It is extremely difficult for me to get used to it and causes me...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 17, 2021
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Anyone have a severe earache and sore throat weeks after chemo and ra?
My chemo and radiation treatments for tonsil cancer ended on April 7, 2023. I expected to feel really bad afterwards which I did. Everything I...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 11, 2023
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What’s left after my cure for nasopharyngeal cancer
I was “cured” from my stage 4 non-small cell Nasopharyngeal carcinoma after 8 months of living hell treatments in 2012. After the forth dose of...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Oct 30 11:45am
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Cordotomy versus Tracheotomy
I am faced with a dilemma. My vocal cords are paralyzed bilaterally from radiation treatment that ended approximately one year ago. Because of this, I...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 18, 2021
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Saying hello and a question or two or three
Hi everybody. So I’m one day out from getting the dreaded phone call from the doctor wanting to discuss my CT scan. The highlights: 1)...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Aug 5 7:24pm