 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Thanks for returning, Danielle! Im sending you a PM so please check it and reply.
You are so correct with your warning to other OC long term survivors. Even at 10+ years post treatments, the patient can still develop late effects from treatments. Aspiration pneumonia is fairly common among those patients who had rads. The throat stretching may have to be repeated a couple times and then every so often to help keep her throat open.
Best wishes to your mother that she can overcome her latest struggle with swallowing.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
