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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 114 | I finished rads on september 19 or thereabouts.
I recently started getting acupuncture treatments for saliva glands and read that zinc supplements helped return of taste buds. So started that as well. I still have pain and tiredness from radiation and noticed I have started getting emotional when I talk about this summers cancer experiences. I just asked if I could go back to work part time insteadf of full time starting the 12th. I just tire out to fast.
All in all I feel OK, but I am getting a bit depressed over not being able to eat. The way they cut my tongue left it feeling oversized and numbe so I cannot manipulate food in my mouth. Radiation burns still prevent me from chewing anything.
Thanks to every one of you who has spoken to me and offered advice.
Age 52, T2 N0 M0 SCC of left anterior floor of mouth. Esophagoscopy, Direct laryngoscopy, Resection of left anterior FOM lesion w/ lateral tongue. left selective neck dissection levels I-IV. 5x6cm skin graft coverng excision. Finished 33-35 rad Tx. False recurrence 12-22-10 last surgery 2-15-10
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