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Head and Neck Cancer

Archives for April 2005

Finally eating fairly well
I still don't have saliva...but have managed to learn how to swallow with only a small amount of liquid. My taste is back to around 80% and I can eat hot and spicey foods! I actually have an appetite! That's the good news. It' the steroid I am on...the bad new...the steroid is for the mass they found in my brain a week…
G-tube
My husband has had his G-tube for 6 weeks post surgery and we start radiation on Thursday. He has started to have some bleeding around the tube..is this normal? We are not sure what to expect.....thanks for any help and words of wisdom for starting radiation....thanks for any help...sdawe
Needing an introduction to group for my mother-in-law
My Mother-in-Law is recovering from surgery and radiation for mouth cancer. She still, after some months, hasn't recovered her taste, and has been dealing with the expected depression. She recently tried to join an on-line discussion group, but was rebuffed as being a computer newbie (she is, but the reaction seems odd in…
post-radiation dry mouth relief
Not sure if it will help anyone else but we have found that "Saliva Substitute" "Oral Balance" and "Oralube" type products have really been helping with his dry mouth problem. We got the first one at Walmart :)
Cerebrospinal fluid leak from ear
I had nasopharyngeal carcinoma (stage IV - T2N3) in 2002, and I completed induction chemotherapy and IMRT radiation in 2003. I've done well since. Now I have a cerebrospinal fluid leak from my right ear. I have suffered no head trauma so I suppose the insult to my dura is probably from the radiation. Anyone else experience…
An alternative for your feeding tube
While they may work well for most people, the Novartis products that were prescribed for me I found wanting. I have seen on other forums that many have concerns about the nutritional value of these canned feeds. For me they were almost toxic. I felt sick from them. They were my only source of nourishment so I had to find…
Severe phlegm post-radiation
My husband completed radiation/chemo for SCC of base of the tongue. Since then he has had horrible phlegm. He had to have feeding tube inserted because he lost so much weight from not eating, due to the phlegm. He has a suction machine which has helped somewhat but he just wants to know how long to expect this to hang on,…

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