3rd September 2009:
Just discovered this site.
I
found I had had cancer eight weeks ago, when I had a lump in my neck
removed (it was a secondary from a squamous cell carcinoma) and a left
neck dissection to remove the surrounding lymph nodes. I had been
feeling particularly well and fit this summer, so this news came as a
shock (doesn't it always, though?)
Apparently…
Day 1 - Tuesday 22nd September
At last. Although I've been full of trepidation, it feels good to have started this part of the treatment. Because of needing further investigations to find the primary, it is 10 weeks since I had surgery.
Naturally everyone at Velindre Cancer Centre is extremely kind. I am reassured that I can swallow, even cough, if I need to while the RT is being carried out. They are treating…
