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  • tonsil cancer...our journey so far....after the treatment!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hiya all. its been a long time since i ve been on here. i used the site a lot when trev was first diagnosed...but unfortunately i felt that although i met some lovely supportive people...others werent so. but spose everyone is different!!

    thought u wud give an update after trevs treatment.....he had intensive chemo over 3 cycles....one week on 2 off. hair didnt come out til day before cycle 3!!! tumout bagain to shrink…

  • tonsil cancer....our journey...the update!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hiya all

    not posted for a while... dont know why...think it was coz we were just dealin with it all ourselves and just sorta got on with it! well trev eventually finished his chemo cycles.....3 cycles....one week hooked up 24/7 for 5 days.....2 weeks off then start agen. did realy well....first cyle he breezed thru...tumour began to shrink immediately....second cycle...again really good but caught a sickness bug which…

  • tonsil cancer...our journey so far...chemo cycle 2 !!!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    sunday october 17th 2010 - went to pick trev up today......end of chemo cycle 2!!! went into hospital on tuesday....been hooked up ever since!! i ve been to visit him daily and yet again he s done brilliantly!!! had a slight infection in his trachy and peg sites....always does when he goes in hospital!!! but course of antibiotics and he s champion : )

    there was another lad his age ...37....in the next bed...was really…

  • our journey so far with tonsil cancer x

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    well its been a while since i last blogged. so i ll give an update....

    trev completed his first chemo cycle on sept 26........and he had absolutely no side effects at all . full of energy and life!!!!!!  went to see his consultant..who is really pleased with his progress. the tumour has shrank massively!!! he has a normal neck now ....its gone from half a grapefruit on his neck to a small walnut. his tonsil is now no…

  • our journey so far....after chemo day 6 !! x

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    october 1st - well alls still good in lisa land!!! trev still doing soooo well....been a little tired at some points but still not as tired as before chemo!! the mac nurses really pleased with him!!  he still has loadsa energy and is gettin up on a mornin...shaved and reay etc etc..then we try and do somethin in the day...getting bits for his new house....goin for walks etc. its nice really!!

    tonight.....after being together…