Hi All just joined today and literally opened letter from hospital with diagnosis letter any help would be great Thanks. Problem Likely squamous cell carcinoma right base of tongue , Palpable right level 11 neck node. Plan CT neck and chest , ultrasound , FNAC , TCY for panendoscopy and biopsy
I am now talking with greater ease and although I still have a lot of pain if I speak for a long time I can at least string a few words together. There has been much improvement in this area over the last week.
Yesterday I had my latest consultation at the Hospital. Having not eaten anything via my mouth for well over a month I was a bit apprehensive because I knew they were going to test my ability to swallow something…
Latest update is very much more of the same. I have recovered from the drama of last week and I feel that I am slowly but surely making progress.
For the last three days I have swallowed some small mouthfuls of water –this may sound minor but for me it was a huge thing to do. There was a bit of pain along with some coughing and spluttering but it's a good start. I had swallowed nothing for several weeks and this is a…
This has been a difficult week and I would describe the progress as two steps forward and one step back.....
Early in the week things were going fine. I was continuing to talk for a few minutes each day and managing the accompanying pain with morphine. I have managed to get my weight up to above 11 stone and was hoping to get a few more pounds on by the end of the week. I did my first exercise session on my cycling machine…
Things are unfolding pretty much as predicted in that some of the side-effects have worsened slightly but things are generally pretty stable.
There is good news in that one or two of the problems have eased – my neck is no longer peeling skin and there is just a slight redness that is reducing each day. I now no longer draw stares in Waitrose (or maybe they've just got used to me)!
The fatigue is still with…
