About to start radiation therapy for inoperable SCC of the palate. I think.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I highly recommend you locate a SPOHNC * chapter before you begin your

treatment. Even if, like me, you think support groups are "not for me", everybody there has been through the treatment you're about to begin.
First, listen to any recommendations doctors or dentists may make about your teeth, feeding tubes, or anxiety.
Second, tell them about anything you experience during treatments. You may have blisters or burns internal or external to your throat. Or if you get panic attacks during the radiation.
The members of SPOHNC can fill you and your caretaker in on every 'trick' they know to get over problems. Mine has a library of books, including cookbooks geared to oral cancer, tons of articles on new procedures, a directory of specialists, like swallow therapists, and even samples of oral products.
Last, keep a positive attitude and know you can get through it.

* Support for People with Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer.