"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 | Your husband�s airways might be scarred & damaged from surgery or radiotherapy.(depending where the radiotherapy was aimed) The after effects of those treatments can cause breathing and swallowing issues. Scarred airways also create concerns for anesthetists when planning future surgeries. I sleep with my head elevated. Sleeping elevated helps with breathing and swelling after surgery and/or radiotherapy treatments.
Karen
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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