I would dearly like some advice, please, on a couple of issues. I had a fibula flap operation on April 7th 2021. Although it was a complex operation and took 11 hours the histology was relatively positive. The margins were clear, no cancer in the lymph glands and the tumour was downgraded to a 1. I was offered four weeks of RT instead of six, and was in two minds whether to accept or not. However, I did, and it was the worst decision of my life. In the two weeks after my operation I was beginning to eat properly, and I could talk in my normal voice. After the RT I can’t speak properly, or eat, and I have been diagnosed as aspirating my food, meaning the muscles in my throat have been affected. One of the worst things is the excessive mucus, which can make me choke and vomit. Does anyone have any solution for that? After a PET scan, revealing a ‘hot spot’ in the roof of my mouth, my consultant thinks it’s a new cancer, but I have decided not to have any treatment for it. I am 85 and I have not long lost my husband, so I feel there is no point ‘hanging around’. I would, however like some advice on the mucus, as well as how to cope with what is to come. Thank you very much.
