I have both problems you mentioned. The problem started about 10 years post the treatment and got worse gradually, I noticed the problem when people start leaning towards me so that they can hear clearly what I said and if I am on the phone the person on the other end will ask me to repeat my word many times....I always feel the denture (also got after 30 HBO sessions) is too bulky in my mouth preventing me to properly pronounce word starting with "G" or "K". Actually, my worst problem is swallowing, it seems that the throat no longer squeezes food down now, even liquid, I just have to let the drink flowing down by "gravity". The action of swallowing will simply push the food up into the nasal cavity and spew out from nose. For this reason, I have stopped eating with friends or family in the restaurant and that is very frustrating.....


WZ | Stage 4, Tonsillar Cancer Aug, 2002