I find myself on this forum anxious afraid, emotional, not eating not sleeping and generally not dealing with the situation very well.
my husband has a large mass on his right side of his neck, this started to affect his voice and swallowing obviously this prompted him to go to the doctors that was on the 19th of Jan since then it has been a rollacoster to say the least.
He has had bloods, CT, camera’s down the nose, biopsy and MRI. Over the weekend he developed another swelling on his left side of the jaw which caused his unbearable pain which led to a trip to a&e and admission to head and neck ward. After morphine, steroids and IV antibiotics he’s do ok but still significant swelling.
We attended another consultant appointment on Monday this week and I just hate that stomach churning feeing knowing it’s probably more bad news. The consultant said the new left mass is now likely to be cancer to. They cannot locate the primary the mri showed maybe tonsil area he’s due to have a PET scan in the coming days.
My husband is now booked in for a tonsillectomy, exploration of the throat and possibly more biopsy depending on what they see and a PEG feed insertion followed by chemo as soon as possible. Does all this sound like normal practice and is it normal to have this constant fear inside. I just don’t want to see him in pain and I need to be stronger then I am right now for him and for our three teenager boys.
They did find the primary, which was a relief and we now have an appointment with the oncologist next Wednesday with full results and treatment plan.
Great news. Good luck with recovery and next appointments
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I will have a look for Propolis online
This is what a lot of people have. You put drops of it in water. Word of warning don’t use tap water if your water is hard or the propolis just forms a scum on top. Boil and cool first
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Oh Bexx85 I am so sorry. Please do ring the support line. Number is at the bottom of my post. You will definitely find somebody to talk to and to steer you towards help.
Of course you’re still welcome here but
there are a couple of other groups where you might find some extra emotional support.
Carers only forum
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
A little update from our whirlwind few weeks. My husband met his new oncologist this week and his PDL1 came back as positive - just so he can now start immunotherapy - pembrolizumaa his first dose being the
That is indeed good news. Keep in touch and let us know how things go if you feel up to it.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
