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Fractured jaw from radiation - What treatment options are there?
Hi all, My name is Paul and i have a fractured jaw due to the effects of long term aggressive radiation for tonsil cancer in...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 6 7:05am
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Did you lose your hair with chemo and radiation?
Did everyone lose their hair with tonsil cancer. Does it just thin or all come out for a man?
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 9, 2024
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Synovial sarcoma: Proton or conventional radiation after surgery?
I just completed a mandibulectomy and free flap reconstruction for a synovial sarcoma. Went well with clear margins. Have the option for followup treatment with...
Support Group: Sarcoma
Last active: Feb 26, 2023
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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: Mar 21 8:03am
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Throat Cancer Caregiver: What to expect after radiation?
We are down to the last 4 radiation treatments, what should I expect next
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jun 17 9:23am
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After radiation: Tracheotomy, feeding tube and hard to swallow
After radiation I cannot even take a sip of water I have a tracheotomy and feeding tube 60 % of the time I suffer even...
Last active: Aug 3, 2021
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Anyone had Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment after radiation?
Anyone with feedback from having Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments for post radiation? Starting in a few weeks and interested to know of the experience from anyone...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 15, 2024
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Has anyone experienced a collapse lung during radiation treatments?
My husband has esophageal HPV cancer. He went through 12 radiation treatments and developed shortness of breath and could not lay flat on his back....
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 13 6:14am
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Recurrent radiation-induced sarcoma in head and neck area
Hi I'm just wondering if anyone has treatment in Mayo for recurrent radiation-induced sarcoma? I know it's rare, especially when it's recurrent. If you do,...
Support Group: Sarcoma
Last active: Dec 17, 2024
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Ten years after throat radiation and ongoing damage
After 10 years of coping with expected radiation damage, I have developed a mysterious pain that began as a spot near my right shoulder blade....
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 27 12:10pm