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Hi Alan. I am very prone to sore throats and voice changes since RT. At first they worried me but I have learned not to be concerned unless something lasts for three weeks without improvement. Another thing to keep on top of is reflux which exacerbates symptoms. I am permanently on lansoprazole. 
Bring it up at your next review or if that is some way away contact your CNS to get your mind put at rest. Your consultant won’t mind at all 

Thanks i have next checkup in 4 weeks so was going to wait until then. The thing is we all know our bodies so well when something becomes different we know . i knew i had cancer a year before any doctor would take any notice of me 

Hi Alan i am also in omeprazole  for acid reflux since treatment stopped. Which affects your voice as well. I would contact your cns to reassure you if you’re not due an appointment,as my consultant said on my last appointment I’m now5 years their door is always open.They would sooner see us than us worry As for taste never say never I’m still getting improvements albeit only tiny ones but every little helps. 
best wishes Hazel x

Hi Alan, I can only add to what the ladies have already said. I am nearly 6 years post treatment, and I still get sore throats from time to time, which worry me less now than they did at first, I take Gaviscon advance every night, for reflux. It's just the new normal. Let your team know, at your next checkup.

Ray.

Hello. My voice is much deeper since treatment & I can no longer sing - no higher range at all. The changes have also affected my ability to pronounce certain sounds - I teach French - so I’ve had to adapt my teaching.  I’m 18 months post treatment. I’ve had appointments with Speech & Lang & been given various voice exercises, but to no avail. I get sore throats now & again & use paracetamol & Difflam. When I swallow I can feel the scar tissue from treatment  - perfectly normal according to my oncologist & my ENT consultants. .