2025 Not a good year so far

  • 13. Week Seven and the first Post Treatment week

      Saturday 30th August. My routine in the morning is now to use numbing mouthwash, give that 20 mins to work, and then dissolving paracetamol and drinking it. Struggling due to pain in mouth and throat, taking soluble paracetamol really makes b...
  • 12. Sixth Week of Treatment (and the last)

    Over the weekend my throat gets a lot worse, ulcers in the top of my mouth and sides of my tongue now which isn’t helping, still no taste. But just 5 days of treatment left…… not that I’m counting !   Monday 25th August...
  • 11. Fifth Week of Treatment

    Over the weekend there has been no change with regards the constipation, despite taking the capsules. On Sunday woke up to being a little light headed, so waited to see if this went by mid morning, which it hadn’t, so I phoned the hospital tria...
  • 10. Fourth week of treatment.

    I’m continuing to take paracetamol each morning before breakfast as well as half on hour before my evening meal, which I am finding helps with the swallowing of food. Also using the Benzydamine Hydrochloride mouthwash every morning and evening ...
  • 9. Third week of treatment

    The weekend went ok but on Sunday morning my throat was hurting a little more than it was last week when I swallow… is this the sign of things to come? Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th August Radiotherapy session all went ok, the mask is still a li...