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Tonsillectomy & neck lymph node removal at the sometime surgery
I had a .09 cm cancer in left tonsil and had both tonsils removed Also was told to remove 1 infected neck 2.0 cm lymph...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Aug 13, 2025
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Does acupuncture help saliva glands damaged from radiation?
I had cancer in soft palate of mouth and left tonsil and it went to lymph node on left side of neck received chemo and...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 21, 2025
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Second PET scan after treatment.
My husband finished treatment for HPV+ SCC base of tongue and left tonsil in Dec 2022. He had a PET scan early April which still...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Jul 14, 2023
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Seeking Support: First Mayo Appointment for Husband's Cancer
Hi everyone,My husband and I are feeling a bit anxious as we prepare for his first appointment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and we'd...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Feb 22, 2025
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Long Term Head and Neck Cancer radiation side effects
Hello. In 2008 I was diagnosed and treated for squamous cell cancer in the left tonsil. I have the expected long term side effects....dry mouth,...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Oct 23, 2024
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HPV 16 neck cancer journey…
57 years old, male, typical patient for HPV cancer…Found lump back in October. Lymph node, left side near jaw. Did all the usual procedures, antibiotics...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 27 4:08pm
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Left Tonsil Swollen
Hello!I am posting because I am scared, as I imagine many other are who post here. I have been struggling with sinus/nasal congestion in my...
Last active: Dec 23, 2020
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One Year Since Symptoms Started - 3 months Cancer Free
WOW! A year ago I started feeling stabbing pain in my ear which turned out to be SCC HPV base of tongue/tonsil. I was diagnosed...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Sep 15, 2025
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Missing late end radiation treatments due to uncontrollable coughing
My husband, 68 years old, has oropharyngeal cancer (Stage 2) of the tonsil HPV 16+ and has completed 6 rounds of a 6 chemo plan...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Mar 27, 2023
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Seeking alternatives to Radiation post-TORS tonsillectomy
I am a 54 y.o. male patient 3 weeks post TORS with radical tonsillectomy and right neck dissection. Surgical report indicated HPV+ SCC tumor 1.6cm...
Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer
Last active: Apr 6, 2025