Healing after surgery

Hi Racheal

When I had my initial operation to remove my tumour from my palate I had a temporary obturator in place for healing with packing. I know it was not the most comfortable thing to have in and I did have pain after surgery caused by inflammation.  That said I would contact your Cancer nurse and let them know your symptoms.  I was told any worries to contact them, which I did and I just went in and they checked me over. Best to give them a call.

Nicky

Thankyou. I think I will tomorrow. Problem is I can barely talk it hurts so much. I might have to get someone to do it for me!

I am sorry about this.  Yes it is tough when we cannot speak, texting now certainly helps with this problem. I used to write as a way of communicating too.  I hope you get your pain under control soon and someone to help. 

take care 

Nicky

Yes, texting is a godsend!

Good evening Rachel, i have not had this but have had a few surgeries due to mouth cancer, i would say its just things settling down after the operation, hopefully with some adjustment they can make your recovery less painful. Maybe you could ask for stronger painkillers as there is nothing worse than being in pain, great advice from Nicky about contacting your team as they will be only to pleased to help you. Wishing you all the best for your recovery, take care.

                                                                                      Chris x

Thankyou Chris

Thankyou Nicky and Chris. I got someone to speak to nurses for me. All sounds like its fairly normal, but they are going to get me more pain relief. They were all pretty short of information on what to expect beforehand, despite me asking! Nurses didn't know what was going on as no discharge papers yet. Still waiting for them myself! Anyhow, thankyou for your advice and reassurance.

Hi Rachael

Thanks for letting us know you are getting more pain relief and now feeling more reassured. It is always better to get things checked out as we don't know what is normal when we go through this. Glad you had someone to speak for you, this is so important when we can not speak for ourselves. Having a pen and paper handy and on speaker phone  certainly  helps  when  someone takes calls on my behalf when I struggle to speak. That way at least they can read my writing and get what I need to be said for me. I hope you feel more comfortable soon.

Best wishes

Nicky

Sorry for endless questions! Is it normal for it to start randomly bleeding 5 days in? 

Hi Rachael. You might just have disturbed a scab but there’s no harm in contacting your CNS for reassurance