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Base of tongue Cancer-Tongue Pain

wellington90
wellington90 CSN Member Posts: 20
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

 

Good morning,

Did anyone have any tongue pain prior to getting diagnosed with BOT cancer?  It seems most of you had other symptoms or enlarged lymph nodes, so just curious to see if anyone had tongue pain at the base of any kind.

Thank you,

Wellington

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  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor CSN Member Posts: 1,842 Member
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    Not me, but

    Some have quite a bit of pain.  It depends on so many things.  Like whether the tumor is ulcerated.  Or whether it directly involves sensory nerves.   There isn't a one-size-fits-all for this, or for many things surrounding our cancers.     I can really say i never had any significant pain with any of my three cancers.  They were just there.  My little buddies, waiting to be treated:)

     

    Pat

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  • wellington90
    wellington90 CSN Member Posts: 20
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    longtermsurvivor said:

    Not me, but

    Some have quite a bit of pain.  It depends on so many things.  Like whether the tumor is ulcerated.  Or whether it directly involves sensory nerves.   There isn't a one-size-fits-all for this, or for many things surrounding our cancers.     I can really say i never had any significant pain with any of my three cancers.  They were just there.  My little buddies, waiting to be treated:)

     

    Pat

    Tumors

    Are most of these tumors seen with flex scope from ENT and on CT scans? 

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  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt CSN Member Posts: 4,725 Member
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    tongue pain

    Wellington,

    For me, no tongue pain before, during or after, I guess mine dodged the nerves to stay stealth (which it did).

    Now rads caused some throat, tongue and mouth pain and magic mouth wash worked to relieve those pain issues.

    Keep your team informed; they will have suggestions to help.

    Matt

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