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  • i feel like a fraud

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    why.

    well since they initially found the cancer tumours and the baloon went up, there followed all the hustle and bustle of operations and rad treatment (2007). then there followed the start of checks and prosthetics, and here i am in 2010 still a work in progress,  and i still cant get some of the answers i need and want, or dont want . ( trust me to get a not too common problem ). I seem to be on the back burner waiting…

  • is it wishfull thinking

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hi folks,i jump on and off this site, i read a lot of things and let them sink in.

    I havent had chemo like many of you seem to have had, my cancer doesnt respond well to chemo, so major facial surgery was the road i went down,hence so far i havent put a picture on my profile,i have a prosthetic nose and beleive you me what a difference it makes to me, not having to wear dressings on my face and being more normal ( ignoring…

  • limbo - is there life on mars

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    well so much for my consutation, after waiting another 4 months my consultant went off sick, ok he's got a stand in, who doesnt know my name and couldnt read my notes quick enough, so another wham bang thank you mam your 5 minutes are up,theres the door,see you in 4 months. which does not help the other people,prosthetics and dentistry,who are on the side line waiting to get started on me again, it doesnt help me being…

  • hospital info

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hello everyone, i would like to ask the community if anyone has had ent treatment at nottingham hospital, especially on the surgical side, i ask because there has been a twig held out to me recently with regard to a possible rebuild, no promises etc, so im just wondering if they are a bit more experienced than the queen elizabeth with my particular problem area and rebuilding. thank you 

  • new boy

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hello everyone, ive just joined the community, i was originally informed i had cancer in 2007 ( in the nasal septum), there followed major surgey where i had a total rhinectomy of the nose, radium treatment, implants, prosthesis and dental work. its been a long road, and unfortunatly due to implant failure im still on the journey, ive had my ups and downs like everyone in the macmillan community, and i would just like…