 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | You need to find out what type of radiation you had before we can help you further is that regard. There are multiple salivary glands so losing one is not a majorly big deal. I lost the right paratid (it was directly in the radiation field) and have very good salivary function today. I still often carry a water bottle (but I did before I had cancer). If you had IMRT you just have to be patient. It takes a long time for those glands to recover.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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