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Dysphagia support, social eating advice, and recovery guidance after head and neck cancer treatment.
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What We Lose When Eating Changes. (opens the original)
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GAG | Research to Real LifeIssue # 4 Published: September 2026 | Reading time: 6 minutes The StudyAndreassen and colleagues interviewed 12 head and neck cancer survivors in Norway, three to five years after treatment, to explore what eating and enjoying food looked like in the years that followed.They were particularly interested in how ongoing eating difficulties affected survivors’ social lives and sense of identity.That distinction matters b
I Booked a Room in a Monastery (opens the original)
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When Your Swallow Comes Back for a Moment (opens the original)
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There is something strange about having dysphagia for years and then, suddenly, having someone stretch your oesophagus and feeling something you had almost forgotten.A swallow.I swallowed a few times to make sure, but there it was-not a perfect swallow not a pain-free swallow, not even a swallow that you could confidently say was going to last. But for a brief, extraordinary moment, it felt almost normal.The Swallow I Wasn’t Looking ForWe talk a lot about acute dysphagia, but chronic dysphagia i
When the Cancer is gone, but eating isn't easy (opens the original)
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GAG | Research to Real LifeIssue #3Published: August 2026 | Reading time: 6 minutesThe Study A new UK study from The Royal Marsden in London has put some numbers around something many people living beyond head and neck cancer already know: finishing treatment doesn't necessarily mean finishing the work of eating.There is something I find increasingly frustrating about the way we talk about life after head and neck cancer.We talk about survival, recurrence,
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Tuning Up the Engine for Camino Number Four (opens the original)
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Hello everyone, I um’d and ar’d about spilling the beans as well you know, no body cares (really they don’t) but I thought it is important from a ‘life goes on perspective’. To all my regular readers, whether you are walking your own recovery path as a head and neck cancer survivor, navigating life with dysphagia, or you are a clinician looking for real-world patient insights, it is wonderful to connect with you again.If there is one thing life teaches us on the trail, it’s that the path is rare
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