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Your tips for recovery after 35 radiation treatments for tonsil cancer
Just completed 35 radiation treatments for HPV positive tonsil cancer at stage 1. I am frustrated with the pain, dry throat, medications and the duration...
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Radiation side effects with H&N cancer. When will they ever end?
After receiving a full course of radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma to the left tonsil area, lingering side effects had to be faced. My very...
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HPV Tonsil cancer: I'm very nervous about chemo and radiation
In June of 2024 I was diagnosed with HPV+ tonsil cancer. I have been doing an alternative approach but believe it is not working and...
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How long does radiation impact the tumor after treatment?
Any ideas on how long the radiation continues to impact the tumor after treatment is finished? I have heard 3 mos and 6 mos…Thanks in...
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Anyone have difficulty with speech (forming words) after radiation?
I had 35 radiation treatments for squamous cell throat cancer ending May 22, 2024. On September 7 and 12I had brief episodes where I couldn’t...
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When do you start getting energy after radiation?
My husband had TORs surgery for cancer in January and has just completed radiation. He's so tired he feels he could sleep all the time....
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Head & neck radiation side effects continue, especially swelling
I was diagnosed with Esthesioneuroblastoma in June of 2021. I underwent two surgeries to remove the tumor and repair my skull base. After healing from...
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Anyone feel swelling in frontal lobe after radiation? Memory issues?
Does anyone have any experiences from head/neck radiation after the first therapy treatment, of memory recall issues: past memory & immediate, and of a feeling...
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Post treatment for SCC tongue cancer following 7 weeks radiation
My husband finished 7 weeks of radiation therapy for SCC at the base of his tongue with 6 chemo treatments. He now suffers from severe...
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Almost finished week 5 of 7 chemo/radiation, encouraging!
Saw radiation onc today, he is happy with the tumor shrinkage (Base of Tongue Cancer) he is seeing on the scans, that made me even...
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My husband has HPV soft palate cancer and surgery scheduled 3/23/26. Doctor says he will remove...
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Although it was 15 years ago when I was diagnosed with parotid (salivary gland) cancer, after...
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