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alfredo

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6. A nasty surprise happens, then becomes my reality.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 04:30 PM

Oct 2016

I'm so glad I was able to thank my doc for saving my life. She gave me a hug when we parted. That made the pain worth it.

A couple weeks ago, my head and neck doctor told me, that because I am in my seventies, healing will take much longer. I didn't like hearing that, but I tucked it away and carried on.

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Dry mouth [View all] alfredo Oct 2016 OP

Dry mouth is pretty much a forever thing once you've had radiation to the head/neck region. Solly Mack Oct 2016 #1

Thanks. I just ate a grape. I can taste it a bit. alfredo Oct 2016 #3

I hope that is it. Sucks having to find a new solution, but I do hate it when Solly Mack Oct 2016 #5

A nasty surprise happens, then becomes my reality. alfredo Oct 2016 #6

My Dr called and said my thyroid levels are off. alfredo Oct 2016 #9

That can happen unfortunately. Solly Mack Oct 2016 #10

Sure will. My wife has Hypothyroidism, so she can relate. alfredo Oct 2016 #11

Could very well, with fatigue one of the signs. Solly Mack Oct 2016 #12

I won't know for sure for two weeks. alfredo Oct 2016 #13

The dry mouth stays awhile. I'm 8 years out and still carry a water sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 #2

I need to be patient, and not give up hope. alfredo Oct 2016 #4

Yes. For me, it took a year until I felt my life hadn't been ruined sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 #7

I'm a long way from eating tomatos, or pesto. alfredo Oct 2016 #8