I've been diagnosed with Tonsil cancer T2 and have been given the choice of surgery or radiotherapy
I was wondering if anyone had had this treatment - and if so what did they choose
I am uncertain what treatment to take - I do have to make a decision quicly - so am trying to explore all the knowledge available before I decide
HI and a very warm welcome to the online community
I'm very sorry to read that you have recently been diagnosed with tonsil cancer and that you need to make a decision between surgery and radiotherapy.
I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you also join and post in the head and neck cancer group where you can ask questions, share experiences and get support from others who have the same type of cancer as you.
To join just click on the link I've created and then choose 'click to join' on the page that opens. You can then copy and paste your post from here to save you typing it out again.
When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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