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Help concerning the swallowing muscles
Can anyone out there share their experiences with learning to swallow again? I am 4 mos post treatments and my swallowing works ok sometimes and other times the muscles feel like they go into spasms or sort of like a paralyzed state when I try to swallow. When I get up in the mornings, I have to re-train myself to swallow…
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Post Treatment Nutrition
Hello, my Mom has just completed chemo and radiation for throat/tonsil cancer. She had her feeding tube removed two weeks ago; she is still having trouble eating and is losing weight rapidly. She can eat soups, warm cereals, smoothies, etc. I am looking for any tips/ideas/etc. to boost her caloric and nutritional intake…
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Hardening of the throat region
I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions to help my mother. She was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Cancer of the tongue about 2 years ago. She underwent several rounds of radiation and chemo. She still has all the symptoms I have read about on this site ie: difficulty in swallowing, dry mouth, etc. But I have not…
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spicy foods
I am back to eating most things, but anything spicy still kills my mouth.(Taco Bell junkie!) Has anyone else got their mouth healed enough to start back with the hotter foods? I am 6 1/2 months past my last IMRT. BILL
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alternative treatment
does anyone know about alternative treatment instead of radiation.
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Slow Recovery
I feel like I've hit a plateau in my recovery from tonsil cancer. I am almost 3 1/2 months post rad/chemo treatments. I can sip water and eat light soups, but still need the peg tube for adequate nutrition. My problem is that my throat and esophagus hurt quite a bit when I swallow and my saliva is still a little thick. Can…
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Need suggestions on eating
I am about to finish week 4 of 7 IMRT for left tonsil cancer. Have done 4 of 7 once a week low-dose Cisplatin too. Taste is for the most part gone. Plus, general taste in my mouth is metallic and very yucky. My question, I still have 3 weeks to go.........any suggestions on foods, drinks or whatever that may have…
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those of you with tonsil cancer
was your tonsil constantly painful? was it swollen and lumpy? im waiting on a diagnosis and trying to get info. thanks
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waiting on a diagnosis
hello all, i havent been diagnosed yet but im fearing it and i was wondering if any of you had these same symptoms before diagnosis. i am a 24 year old female and am a smoker. for the past 6 weeks i have had horrible pain in my left tonsil when i swallow and the pain sometimes goes into my ears been to the docs 4 times…
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Has anyone had scar tissue on the lungs from radiation treatments for head and neck cancer?
I am 3 mos post radiation/chemo for left tonsil cancer. the doc said that the tumor is gone. however, i now have a spot on my left lung at the very top that was not there before i started radiation. my rad doc believes it is scar tissue from being within the field of radiation. he said it is quite common. has anyone else…
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Post Treatment Recovery Questions
Hi I am new to this board and I am looking for some information regarding post treatment recovery. My mom was diagonsed with head/neck cancer back in June and since then has had 1 tonsil and several lymph nodes removed and has undergone Radiation Therapy and several weeks of Erbitux treatments. I am very happy to say the…
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throat sores/thrush
I am about 8 weeks post radiation (30 treatments) and starting about 2 weeks post treatment, started getting red and white patches on the back of my throat. I was prescribed the standard diflucan. It worked great for the first five days but then things leveled out and when I finished the meds, things got worse. The doc…
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thick saliva and eating
I am almost five months postop for a total neck resection that also cut my vocal cord and the nerves on the left side of my throat. I had two previous surgeries for tongue cancer and have only half a tongue. I am almost 8 weeks post radiation for a tumor that had grown around my carotid. I never had a feeding tube, get my…