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  • #9 No More Beige Food Please!

    Ronnie95
    Food is quite possibly one of the biggest hurdles when going through and recovering from treatment for throat cancer, once you have dealt with the psychological / emotional side of having cancer. Depending on where your cancer was found, in my case t...

  • #8 What is Happening to my Body?

    Ronnie95
    If you are at all easily offended or squeamish skip this post, you can’t complain later that I didn’t warn you! If you are at the start of your cancer journey hopefully this will give you an insight to some of the delights you have coming...

  • #7 Meds, meds, meds

    Ronnie95
    Eighteen months ago I took one vitamin tablet and one anti-histamine, both over the counter and not on prescription. The only reason I went to see my GP was every three years for routine smears and the occasional minor problem. Roll the clock forward...

  • #6 The Treatment Train

    Ronnie95
    On the Friday afternoon I had my last pre-treatment call from one of the chemo nurses. Talking me through what I needed. I took far too much with me as it turned out, but better that than being left high and dry I thought. I was advised to take drink...

  • #5 The Pre-Treatment Juggernaut

    Ronnie95
    At this point my throat was starting to recover from the tonsillectomy, I was dropping back down to paracetamol for analgesia and taking liquid ibuprofen to reduce the oedema in my hands. The latter of these was in part a revelation following on from...
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