| "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Hi Lee: Haven't heard anything from you since your first post. You mentioned fear of the pain and hair loss of treatment. I had some fear also when diagnosed. Then when I found out I'm positive for HPV-16 that made it worse ... right up until I read (here) that HPV cancer is more easily treated and has better survivability with lower risk of recurrence. A silver lining in that black cloud. Stay with the forum, there's a lot of positive energy here. Tony
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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