wow! thanks for the great information! I'm glad I asked last night so I would know to bring up the swallow test. I looked up the reviews on this ENT and she gets a 1 star from many people so it's good for me to come prepared.

Considering he was never in much pain (according to him as he barely took pain meds) and he never lost his taste ability, I was hoping he would bounce back quicker. The salvia is not nearly as thick as it had been, more like the phlegm people cough up from a cold I would say.

I will update as he is having a scope today I believe.


Spouse of 58 yr old with BOT cancer
Stage 4a HPV16 positive
3 chemo treatments cisplantin
35 radiation treatments 7000 cGy
former smoker/chewed tobacco for 38 yrs.
1/2020 diagnosed with cancer near TMJ
4/2020 chemo 5 days every 2 weeks
6/2020 proton therapy
9/21/2020 cancer free