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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 128 | Hi everyone,
It has been a while since I wrote. I am 15 mos off the radiation table and was feeling great until this past week. I started to feel "chocking" spasms in my throat/neck area. It feels like a spasm. Has anyone ever experienced this?
Just at my ENT and Rad Dr last month and got a clean bill of health. Not scheduled to see them again until 6 mos.
Any ideas????????????
Age 57 at dx on 3/30/2009 by Dentist
SCC of R tonsil S2 Poorly Differentiated - 2.5 cm
Rad - IMRT 5x a wk for 8 wks starting 5/4/2009
No Chemo
Last Rad treatment was 6/26/2009.
Two years down as of 3/30/2011!
God bless all affected by this monster called cancer!
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Sorry I have not gone thru anything like this. There are all kinds of after effects that you can get from radiation. I would check with your ENT. Hope this resolves itself quickly and its nothing to be concerned about. Be well 
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 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 34 "OCF Down Under" Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 34 | yes i have even 2yrs post i think it has to do with the rad effect on the muscles in the neck and sometimes my kids call me noddy when my spasms move my head its ok it feels good to laugh.
2yr post treatment
tsc mets to neck
7 weeks rad
3 chemo
back teeth out
peg in/peg out
last pet scan clear
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Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 383 | Yes, I get occassional spasms in my mouth (Not so much neck). It worried me at first because I had very intense spasms when I first got sick. There's never been a good conclusion made but they are not frequent and everything is clear. As Christine mentiones it is still worth bringing up and getting it checked into.
Steve
SCC right side BOT/FOM; DX 1-25-06; Neck dissection/25% of tongue removed 2-17-06. Stage 2 Recurrence 7-06: IMRTX35 & 3X Cisplatin ended 10-18-06. Tumor found 03/18/13; Partial Glossectomy 03/28/13 left lateral tongue. Nov. 2014; headaches,lump on left side of throat. Radical Neck Dissection 12-17-14; Tumor into nerves/jugular; Surgery successful, IMRTX30 & 7X Erbotux. Scan 06-03-15; NED! 06-02-16; Mets to left Humerus bone and lesion on lungs-here We go again! Never, Ever Give Up!
**** PASSED AWAY 10/8/16 ****
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