Grainy Tissue In Mouth?

My Dad is post-radiation and chemo for squamous cell carcinoma of the neck w/single lymph node involvement. He is now experiencing grainy tissue w/appears to be coming from the inside of his throat and mouth. Has anyone ever experienced this before? He is 10 weeks post-treatment and completely miserable and unable to eat. He refuses the peg tube placement. He is also coughing up what seems to be pieces of tissue from his throat. I would appreciate any help.

On 7/9/2008 DeaconMax768 wrote:

My Dad is post-radiation and chemo for squamous cell carcinoma of the neck w/single lymph node involvement. He is now experiencing grainy tissue w/appears to be coming from the inside of his throat and mouth. Has anyone ever experienced this before? He is 10 weeks post-treatment and completely miserable and unable to eat. He refuses the peg tube placement. He is also coughing up what seems to be pieces of tissue from his throat. I would appreciate any help.

 

Hello, A visit to the DR is in order, This may be thrush this is commen after chemo/rads . I had a similar experance thought it was tissue due to the amount , look and feel but was not. best of luck..

Glow

Glow,

Thank you so much for the tip. Did your wound in your throat take a lot of time to heal? My Dad pretty much has a crater that is unhealed. Hope you are doing well and feeling better!!!!!

Liz

OhioLaurel,

Thank you for the reply! We just went to the ENT and he said there is an unhealed crater the is not healing well. Did you experience the same situation? Do you have any tips? He has the Biotene rinse and the Dr. gave him chlorahexadine gargle. I know he has tried the baking soda and water.

Thank You,

Liz