It sounds like you are not that far away from treatments, so in the first 2 years I can tell you that I had lots of changes in contours both inside my mouth and throat and the exterior of my neck. So time will tell.

But if this was the worst thing that you had to deal with as a result of your treatments, I suspect you will eventually have a perspective that finds it to be a small price to pay for still being on this side of the grass. 12 years out I have learned to live with the many side effects that used to really bother me. I have reached a place of acceptance.... but it took a long time to get here.


Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.