Well it's been about 14 months since this journey began, and 7 months since diagnosis and the big operation, 2014 has been quite a year.
I'm still signed up for monthly check ups with the radio therapy team, although I think they will sign me back over to my consultant after this months visit. I started back with the consultant in November and am on monthly check ups there too .
im seeing a lymphoedema nurse this week for an assessment on the swelling in my face neck area which is much worse in the mornings . Other people say that it's not too bad but it feels tight and solid . I hope to find out how to massage it. The neck scar is doing well, that Ada just looks a little lumpy but most people don't notice it until I point it out.
Im eating a wider range of foods but foods with sauces go down much better and I'm trying to get use to puttng smaller amounts in my mouth and chewing more as I tend to find Im swallowing stuff befores it's chewed properly. I'm much slower than any one else at meal times and I also get fuller much quicker because of this, which is a good thing I guess because less calories!
My speech is worse and gets better the more I talk through the day. The sounds tha are hardest are a had 'g' and 'k' one side of my tongue is still very swollen compared to other, apparently part of the underside was removed which I hadn't realised. The consultants say my speech is good, and I can be understood on the phone.
i still get quite tired after the RT, but I pretty much was back at work for most of the time before Christmas. I think need to start doing gentle excercises to build back up as I don't seem to have energy for anything physical.
Thats my update for now, I will post again, but as time goes on there's not so much to say.
