Newly diagnosed

hi steve tom, i only joined 2 days ago   my self mate,, but fill in the email thing they do  on this site and we can all help each other ,ive got a lot of knowledge/through personal experience about tongue cancer ,im going in hospital on the 4th or op date 8th,but take heed mate ,we,ll get there,,,,sorry if you carnt understand my txt  but im ,,like all carrying some pain ,,,ok hugg1

Hi SteveTom and welcome here. 
Theres  lots of help and support here. 
Do you know any more about your diagnosis? 
What stage and HPV status? 
And what have you had done so far. 
it’s an awful lot to take in but dip in and out of here as problems arise. 
it’s a tough treatment but doable. 
I was 67 when diagnosed and I’m now 17 months post RT and well. 

Hi Hugg

I understood all Of that mate   Good to have people on here with experience. 

steve

im a down to earth chap steve,, this is my second run with cancer,iv had max, radio/chemo 10 year ago but the buggers resurfaced,that means i carnt av radio or chemo any more so im having ,,lip split mandibulotomy on the 8 of july,so this one is a new adventure but if you want to no any thing in,, laymans terms , ill help you as much as i can friend,,,hugg1

Hi Steve Tom welcome to the club that nomen if us want to join but now you are here there’s a fair few if us who have been there and done it so to speak. I am Hazel I am nearly 2 years post treatment for tonsil cancer with several affected lymph nodes now living my life  as normal as I can. As @Beesuit  says it’s doable I was 61 when I was diagnosed.I have a blog when you feel brave enough give it a browse there’s links to others in there plus links to throat cancer sites .Best advise I can give yiu don’t surf the Internet go on trusted sites  as anyone can post things. Macmillan and cancer U.K. sites plus any if the blogs in here will help. 

You shouldn’t suffer financial lloss have your Macmillan nurse assigned as they can assist financially.

if we can help just ask someone always willing to help

Hazel

Hi SteveTom , so sorry to hear about your throat cancer, their plan of attack is about right with the radiotherapy and the PEG. If i was you i would try and push for a PEG as i expect you will need to use it during and after your treatment period. Your pain should be well managed and kept under control as most of us have needed some sort of pain relief. This is why the PEG will be an asset if your ability to eat is a struggle. I would try and take the next few weeks a day at a time and sort each issue as it arises this includes work as some companies pay for a certain amount of time and have to keep your job open by law in most cases, there are also other benefits you will be entitled to which a Macmillan Benefits advisor will help with. I would concentrate on what lies ahead at the moment and worry about work later when you are on the recovery route, hopefully the risk of the virus would be very low and shielding as such will not be so much of an issue. Good luck for Monday and please come back if you need further advice or help. All the best, take care .

                                                                     Chris 

hi steve tom ,thought id let you no but the meet you,ll be having on the 29th will be to tell you what order things go in mate ,unless its changed but they will not start your radio without your peg in ,cos thats basically your food life line cos the throat will be sore and tender,just a bit of info for ya ,by the way i had my peg in first time round for 18 month ,not that i was using it mind,and another thing is ,i got to thinking how do they take this out ,,well mister blister,the nurse said to me ,,,hugg [glenn my name] theres only one way to do this and whack she just pulled it straight out,dunt half make u jump mate bur it was gone any way see ya soon

Good luck with the fight !