tonsil cancer

welcome - I only joined myself this weekend but already got some new friends and lots of stories to compare and contrast. My 12 year old daughter has had lymph nodes removed on 30th July, coping for me has been easier because of her inner strength and belief and everything would be OK. so far so good, the results have been good. I really wish you both the best, take care   Tracy

Hi ya Crazy,

Wait until your boyfriend has had all the necessary tests done before you both  start to panic. Just wait until the results are back. You will have a better idea then. Good Luck.

Take care and be safe Big Hugs Love Sarsfield.xxx

hiya

just gettin to grips with this site,,,sorry for the late reply.

i am findin being on here helps. makes me realise we not alone.

crossin everything that we get some good results.

hope this message finds u in a happy place.  

best wishes and take care

lisa

xx

Hi there

My name is Jim, I had a lump in my neck, went to the doctors who referred me to hospital.

The doctor thought i had cancer in either my tongue or tonsils that had spread to my lymph nodes. They agreed to do an operation that removed the lump, they also took biopsy from my tongue and removed my tonsils.

It is now 53 days since i had my operation and my scar is healed up nicely. They put me on a daily treatment of radiotherapy every day for 6 weeks and a full 12hr session of chemotherapy every thursday for 6 weeks to compliment it.

Due to a history of complications in the therapy the suggested i have a feeding tube inserted into my stomach, this is due to the fact that therapy ruins the inside of the mouth, primarily the taste buds, which I'm reliably inform all returns to normal after treatment.

I am half way through my treatment and apart from feeling sick and tired i am otherwise okay.

I am unable to eat, just because everything tastes horrible, not because of pain. I am on milkshakes and jices that are supplied as part of my treatment that i take oral. I have as yet not used the feeding tube.

Hello Jim ... I'm sorry that you are having a rough time with your treatments, certainly the radiotherapy can affect your taste buds but it usually is a temporary side effect.. I see from your profile that you joined the community fairly recently and I would recommend that you join our main Head and Neck Cancer group and post there ... this blog is four years old now and out of date, so you are unlikely to get many replies.

Here's the link :

Head and Neck Cancer

Please pop over and have a look, we are a friendly bunch who offer help and support where we can : )

Joycee x