Head and neck radiotherapy

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  • Eating normally

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    My husband finds it difficult to eat normal food after having chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer.  It's now six months since his gastro tube was removed and is struggling.  Can anyone give him an idea of how long this will last.  His mouth is dry all the time also 

    thank you 

  • After radiotherapy finishes

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    my husband finished. 30 fractions of radiotherapy. His first couple of weeks afterwards were hard but now he seems to be struggling to stay awake any longer than ten minutes at a time. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm worried that this isn't right
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