Self care or nursing home are my options
Won’t the hospital help show you how to care for yourself at home while you are having radiotherapy?
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Hi, we went through all this last Sunday. Wait and see what your oncologist has to say during your appointment later on. No point getting worked up before anything has actually been decided. I don't know about the UK but you would not even be considered for a place in a nursing home here just because of a tracheastoma. Self-care at home is not difficult and becomes routine.
I wish you all the best for your appointment.
Patrick xx
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