Hello
My husband had been experiencing a sore throat, swallowing problems, ear pain and then developed a lump on his neck a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday he was told by the ENT he had cancer on his vocal cord. While we were kind of expecting such a diagnosis, I am devastated and not coping well. I'm trying to be strong for him but it's hard. He is coping better than me. He is having a biopsy on his throat and some scans over the next couple of weeks to see if the cancer has spread.
I was trying not to panic too much until we know what we are dealing with. Then today he was sent a copy of a letter that was sent to his GP. In it it stated
'Endoscopic views of the throat demonstrated an irregularity centred on the aryepiglottic fold on the left hand side extending down to the false cord and likely into the pyriform fossa.'
I didn't know what the 'pyriform fossa' was so googled it. I wish I hadn't as I read that the survival rates for cancers that start in the pyriform fossa are very low. I now feel absolutely sick when I was just starting to get myself together.
Does anyone have any experience of cancer in this area?
I, like many, wrote a blog through my treatment Jane...it may be of interest; it's "warts and all" but was really done as a way to remember what happened and how I felt, purely for myself at the time...and I still read it from start to finish at times.
Click on this if you have some time to spare.
Metastatic SCC diagnosed 8th October 2013. Modified radical neck dissection November, thirty-five radiotherapy fractions with 2xCisplatin chemo Jan/Feb 2014. Recurrence on larynx diagnosed July 2020 so salvage laryngectomy in September 2020.
I, like many, wrote a blog through my treatment
And a good one it is too.
The moment I saw you were battling with a marmite jar I knew you’d be victorious.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
The moment I saw you were battling with a marmite jar I knew you’d be victorious.
Ha, still smile to myself whenever I buy a jar
I bought some crumpets yesterday as well, another throwback to those days (first thing I could eat).
Metastatic SCC diagnosed 8th October 2013. Modified radical neck dissection November, thirty-five radiotherapy fractions with 2xCisplatin chemo Jan/Feb 2014. Recurrence on larynx diagnosed July 2020 so salvage laryngectomy in September 2020.
You are welcome Jane, feel free to re-post if you need further help and advice. Best wishes.
Chris x
Its sometimes not easy but its worth it !
