WHAT TO EXPECT | Throat Cancer | Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis, What Now? My Story to survive! 

My Dad had esophageal cancer. His symptoms were that he couldn't swallow food all of a sudden the food was getting stuck. He had a upper gi done and confirmed he had stage 4 esophageal cancer. He was a heavy smoker. He lived 1 year and 2 month after diagnosed. Love ya Dad 😇 God bless you brother

My husband is cancer free now,and his voice is the same as yours now! But you are both here to tell about it!

So glad you are cancer free. Thank you, Jesus.

Prayers for you my brother. I know it’s a year later, hope you’re doing much better now my friend.

Back in 2002, at the age of 46, I had cancer on the surface of my vocal chords. My voice was exactly like yours, and I felt like I had a marble in my throat when swallowing. The ENT removed it all. I didn't require radiation therapy, but did make regular visits to have my throat scoped every month, eventually becoming every two years, where I'm at now. I'm still cancer free, but sure glad I went in when I did. If I'd waited much longer, it quite likely would have been a different story. Best wishes to you.

I had 42 radiation treatments, two throat operations, and I am 18 years cancer free.

I had laryngeal cancer. Symptoms started before Thanksgiving 2022 and it felt like I had a piece of wire stuck in my throat when I swallowed hard. ENT visit confirmed it in Oct of 2023. Started chemo and radiation treatments for stage 1 cancer. Before I finished ALL of the treatments I blacked out their office and spent three weeks in hospital. Said I was dehydrated and had no platelets at all. Had to be brought back to life three times before I finally levelled out. Have no memory of what went on except what wife has told me. I came home the first week hallucinating and had no memory of this fourth week. Then the fifth week I still hallucinated and had more memory than before. I was relatively dizzy and it still remains.....but I had a recheck back in early May and said I was still cancer free.......pray that it stays that way!!!!

Stressing out a bit cuz some symptoms have been a bit persistent. This calmed my nerves a lot, dude! I'll be getting checked soon. Congrats on being cancer free by the way 💪

Your story is identical to my husband. He completed his 28 radiation treatment plan. The first few weeks of treatment went really well but it was when he was done with radiation that he was pretty miserable for about 3 weeks. He is now waiting 3 months to be rechecked by ENT. Good luck to you!!

I sound exactly like you, been like this for almost 2 years! Got checked recently and yes! SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA! About to start this awful journey. I hope you're doing well ❤️‍🩹 prayers 🙏

My mom had laryngeal cancer. Her symptom was a persistent sore throat. She had a laryngectomy in 1990 with two-thirds of her larynx removed so she had somewhat of a voice afterward (sounded like she had laryngitis). That surgery is not performed now. She just recently passed away January 4th of natural causes at 88. She had a stoma and breathed out of her neck but lived a beautiful, active life. Good luck on your treatments.

My husband went through this twice. The white stuff is keratosis. We also thought it was sinus infection, went to ent, 2 surgeries 4 years apart. Dr.Hron of Mass General Hospital in Boston. Now cancer free Thank goodness 🙏

Prayers for you brother! Going through the same thing! Going on two years

Hey man. I had stage 4 throat cancer 13 years ago. I had chemo and radiation. Doing radiation was hard.

I am about to be going down the same road as you. My "tumor" is on my right vocal cord. We are currently waiting for the lab report. I had the biopsy three days ago. Thank you for posting!

Goin threw the same thing I send my blessings I pray u get a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

never seen anyone on you tube talking about throat cancer. Great you are doing this. Throat cancer survivor myself. Caught it my mid 50's and been cancer free 6 years now. radiation is very tough, but when completed your pain levels will go down very quickly.

Good luck my brother. Never give up……I’ll say a prayer for you and your family. My best Dan. Albuquerque

Hope you are doing well. My son was diagnoised in 2021 a non smoker his was from hpv. His first symptoms was losing his voice the dr kept saying it was his allergies. Luckily his wife was persistent . After chemo and radiation he has been cancer free! The problem is his voice and not being able to breath because of scar tissue from treatments. He has been struggling having to do steam showers in the middle of the night to break up mucus. so he can breathe , his voice goes from being just ok to hardly a whisper.As of right now he is looking for a second opinion to help with his breathing

Right vocal cord cancer. 28 radiation treatments or like I to call torture. PTSD afterward. My employment has been impacted. I have no idea what my future holds.

I’ve delt with throat pain most of life from strep throat, mono , infected tooth , in 2017 I had a tonsillectomy I’m also a former smoker . In February 2023 I was smoking tuff and my throat has never been the same I’m having trouble swallowing since then and it’s on my left side . Was one of your symptoms tiredness ? Im frightened. I have a ENT appointment next Friday. Thanks for sharing your journey hope all is better

Scary stuff , gotta be strong , gotta not panic it is hard , don't panic sounds good on paper but hard in reality

God see you through whatever your facing God be your strength

May you live long and regain your health Buddy

Hang in there. Stop sugar right away, unless you need it.

Thank you for these videos!

I’m currently getting ready next week to see my Dr. next week. I’ve got Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Basically (Epiglottis cancer) I’ve had my PET scan and I’ll have to do 33 days of radiation. I caught mine. My throat and ear were hurting and I too just got over Covid. I don’t really have a cough. It took 3 different doctors and finally my GI doctor believed me. I possibly have to take a chemo pill? I wish you well on your journey. ❤

Hope you are doing well. Thank you for this video.

We will pray for you today in the family rosary

omg this sounds like me- thank you I have to see a dr now xx

I looked at your video posts. Looks like you got better. I’m so happy for you. I hope you stay well. I felt so bad for to while listening to you talk.

Because of your post, my appointment is June 5, 2023

Best wishes for a full recovery.

about three years ago I started to talk just like you on and off. It took almost a year to find out was cancer. Drs treated me for allergies,candida fungus,reflux,infection and nothing changed. I asked to see a ENT specialist. first couple times she couldn’t see anything. then she sees a little abscess. ask for a biopsy come back it was cancer de recommended surgery. Have my surgery 11/22 then my voice got better not a100% on april of this year my voice started again. dr couldn’t see anything until last week. got a biopsy done. cancer again now is on the other side of my vocal cord. tomorrow going to get a CT scan then a surgery dr don recommend the radiation.

God bless you,and it’s great that you’re doing good!!!

I have a lump on the front of my throat under my chin. My voice has changed to be lower. Awaiting an MRI in another week.

I sound exactly like you now i was told by a specialist i did not have cancer they said i needed surgery on my throat they did the surgery and two months later i went for my check up after the surgery at that time they told me the surgery didn't work and they did find something while they were in there and it is cancer i did 3 months of treatments my voice was much worse thsn your prior to my treatments ive been cancer free for two years now and hoping it stays that way best of luck to you

Thank you and wishing you the best and a full recovery. God bless.

i am going through what you sound like NOW I AM A SINGER SORRY I WAS A SINGER.............WHAT DO I DO

I sound like you I have a mass on right side of my jaw

Radiation is horrible man. My surgery is on the 26th. Im terrified

My voice has been the same way for several months. The ENT checked the throat and said I had a polyp on the vocal cord, but he did not biopsy it. My voice is still hoarse.

Hi , i also forgot to say that my dads brother & 2 sisters had throat cancer . It runs in my family.. Im thinkng of going private . Its went on too long . Its 2 half yrs later with my voice. People cannot make me out & it goes away to a whisper. Our NHS in UK is failing . I wish you well & have subscribed to your channel. Its been nearly over a year since i was last scoped. My docs just keep saying its long covid , that i have . How do they know for sure , without doing more tests on me again. As an ex pallitive care nurse , who is well aware of cancer , i am now concerned. There is something wrong & i definitely need to be scoped again. Seen the doctor 2 days ago , she said i have a large ulcer at the back of my throat. Gave me a difflam spray. Which only numbs it & i told her this . She told me you have 10 minutes & you can put your jacket back on now. Her patient care is appauling & i told her that too. No care,compassion or dignity towards her patient. .You are in my prayers for good health.. God bless.

Please get through your journey as we all are behind you. God bless to you from him and all yours..

Hopefully you are doing well. Prayers to you God Bless.

I have the same on the left cystic lymphoma nodules can't speak and Voice very difficult to speak sometimes feel sick can't swallow some foods.. Take care of yourself 😢❤

wishing you the very best of health as soon as possible....

Omg my voice has been changing for while now like laryngitis then after a couple weeks and steroids it gets better then I get sick again in like 6 or 7 weeks and there goes my voice this has been going on for about a year now and I’m finally thinking something isn’t right 😮I shouldn’t be loosing my voice all the time 😢So now I’m going to make my doctor send me to a ENT doctor to see if I might have throat cancer ! Only because I cough a lot as well and this last episode felt like my throat was on fire 🔥 I’m just worried and I pray it’s just allergies but honestly I never used to get allergies so this is got me worried to the point that I’m looking others up on you tube to see what your symptoms are 😢I pray you get fully healed and may God be with you always 🙏❤🙏

I had covid before aswell and ya...same for me...not sure if it's cancer yet....right side

I’m going through that right now! My voice is different and a cough I’ve had since September 27th ENT put me on Prednisone for 10 days and Baclofen for 14 days. He doesn’t feel like it’s anything, I do

Get well soon, it's not easy, my Dad going through this, his voice also is like that but not yet found out if it's cancer.

my brother has had throat Cancer and he was, is a Window Cleaner. He's had his throat taken out and now he has a traceyoptony, He never Smoked, I wonder Sometimes if the fluids he used for Cleaning windows did it?❤

Very detailed explained, very. Hope u r find now!

Just found your video, thank you! My voice sounds like yours but more gravely and anxious sounding. Started very slowly in past 3 years. This year people have been asking what is wrong with my voice. Have appointment with vocal cord specialist in 2 weeks. Looking forward to watching your other videos.

I always thought that if I get cancer, I’d just go ahead, & lay it down rather than go through the treatment. Does anyone actually go that route? I don’t have kids, & I’m not married, so who cares?

This is exactly what happened to me in 2021. Same exact thing!

God bless you and me and my family are praying for you

Can I ask.if your all clear now

thanks for sharing brother.

My husband and myself got COVID while on vacation. We had it for approx. 3 weeks. My husband's voice is OK but not mine. I talk like Kermit the Frog at times. I am going to have an endoscopy soon because I have Barretts too. I have a raspy voice but nothing like the way you sound. I get a sore throat when I talk too loud. I also have coughing fits at times but it is not all the time. So I have been worried about what I have. Hopefully, it is not too serious. I hope you feel better soon and make a full recovery. Thank you for making this video. I appreciate your insight.

Sending prayers for you and a speedy recovery! 🙏👍

Hope you are doing well and getting better..god bless 🙌

How are you feeling after receiving the Oropharyngeal HPV 16/cancer especially after the treatments you had received. Are you able to eat/drink properly?

Hope all goes well....

I hope you get better, I will keep you in my prayers,

🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻. I hope & pray for a speedy recovery for you. Do you have trouble swallowing food? I have been suffering for yrs with this & no doctor can figure it out😢

I will be watching ur videos 😅

I have been sounding like this for 3 months.

❤ OMG, CRAZY..

Prayers for you 🙏

Ive been dealing with a clicking in my hyoid bone area..Haven't really had sore throats of or voice problems..Everything else physically i feel fine. Appetite, working out hard ext!!! Im definitely a hypochondriac and i dont know if im manifesting my problems and i keep telling myself i have it!!! Had ultrasound on my thyroid and throat and they didnt see anything. The clicking has its good days and bad!!! Sometimes i just shove food down my throat to just do it..I dont have insurance and if i was diagnosed im surely gonna die a slow pa8nfull death!!! Can anyone put my mind at ease?!!

Thank you for this video. I hope you are doing well. I’m a buy terrified because I’m getting my throat checked tomorrow. I have so many symptoms of throat cancer that the doctor wants me in this week so I’ll found out soon.

Bless you, My prayers are with you 🙏❤

I have been having constant 3 weeks of throat clearing out of no where . I'm 30 years old former smoker as well just scared smh

I really appreciate you making this video. My ex of 4 years cheated and gave me Herpes virus during our relationship and I was devastated. You've made me feel so much better #DRADIGBA and seeing all these people share their stories…

gargle with warm salt water

I have friends who had great outcomes with throte cancer...u will too

Hi, tell us the type - was it "HPV 16 Positive?" - the sex cancer? I just went through 35 radiation treatments and 5 chemos (cisplatin) for that cancer. brutal. My tumor on the lower right side of the tongue was initially identified by CT scan, while the cancer type was Id'd via biopsy. Treatment wiped out taste buds, led to dry mouth. Now recovering - still lots to do to get better. Figuring on 1 - 2 years until fully normal.

Any causative cause related to HPV out of licking genitals both ways?

Same thing here, I went threw 35 rads, 3 chemos, and long road,

Wishing you all the best, appreciate you making useful content out of a difficult time to help others. God bless

I was around burn pits in Iraq my voice changed recently with a lump under my jaw. I thought the voice change was a joke, like going through puberty again. It's no joke as a former smoker. I'm probably going to have this 39. Good luck, and thank you.

I sound exactly like this since months, have trouble with eating etc. was in the hospital nobody ever wants to look into my throat!!!

Thank you Dr Obaz for your excellent care and compassion. You have gone above and beyond in timely communication and response to our questions and concerns. Thank you for caring and helping us believe in the best possible outcome during our very difficult time….

Prayers for healing

I certainly sympathize.

Glad to hear you're going to be okay. Isn't throat cancer what Eddie Van Halen died from? Good thing that you caught it early😊

Did you smoke?

Hope it works for you

Thanks for sharing

Hi Sorry to hear that you have throat cancer . I had covid April 2021. Had 15 admissions in & out of hospital. It affected my heart, lungs, clot in my lung & many more.Was on nebuliser all the time as my peak flow was soo low. Breathless, cough , sore throat , ringing in my ears.etc. Had all the symtoms & was very ill. I too have voice problems. It totally goes away to a whisper . Was checked out by ENT specialist who scoped me too. He told me I had narrowing at the left side of my vocal cords. Due to my constant cough that I still have 2 half yrs ltr . My voice is still like this & I feel I should be scoped again. Due to me havn this for 2 & half yrs. Our NHS system in Scotland us not the same now. I wish you well & hope you get better soon. I will keep you in my prayers. God bless .🙏🙏

Thanks for the video. I got something going on 61 years old. Only had insurance about two years of my life if I had insurance and catch it early that’s not gonna happen so your videos valuable information. Thanks a lot.

What stage were you when you began your journey?

Take care of yourself and God bless❤

Guillotine

God bless you!

🙏

Omg i haven’t had a voice in 2 months and it started after Covid I’ve already been and 2 steroids and antibiotics nothing has helped now the doctor is sending me to a ent 😢

Never give up. XXOO

Thank GOD you have stage 1 … God is real look to him always.