Advice on managing a teachi

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How has anyone managed a trachi with radiotherapy and side effects

im scared

  • Hi. Sorry I can’t help personally but I see nobody has replied so I thought I’d bump this to the top of the page. How did Patrick advise you? Was he any help? 
     

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • Hi sorry can’t help but hopefully someone can. The radiotherapy team will help all they can. Where are you being treated if you want to say. I was at Leeds cancer centre. 

    hazel xx

    Hazel aka RadioactiveRaz 35 radiotherapy and 2 chemo  3 rd cancelled. HPV tonsil cancer 7 lymph nodes. 8 years post treatment living a great life. 
    No questions too daft to ask. 

    I’m also an ambassador for https://oraclehnc.org.uk/
    A leading head and neck cancer charity. 

    This is a link to a webinar i did with Oracle explaining the process of diagnosis. 

  • Have you had the tracheostomy yet they normally wait until the radiotherapy side effects have died down before they operate but it should not affect you that much. I always found it best to take things a day at a time and not keep thinking about what lies ahead otherwise your anxiety will get worse. I went through a lot of surgery and just accepted that it has to be done to make my life better, of course, i was worried but i never let life i just carried on the best i could .

    Its sometimes not easy but its worth it ! 

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