Waiting for news on tumour surgery
1 in lower neck not too painful,but one under base of skull pressing on scary things,feels like pressure at side of head.... any advice on pain relief...been using paracetamol and ibuprofen-is ibuprofen ok or can it cause faster blood flow which could cause problems
Help!
I’d contact your hospital team. Maybe cocodomol might be a step up from paracetamol?
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Sorry to hear about your pain .
Co-Codamol is very good at pain relief ,try and get 30/500 effervescent as they are big tablets so the dispersible ones wont hurt your throat.
Good luck
try and get 30/500 effervescent as they are big tablets so the dispersible ones wont hurt your throat.
Yes those are prescription only and definitely worth trying. Let the fizz subside though.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Hi John. How are you doing two years on?
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Hi Beesuit , I had T4b N1 M0 right tongue base treated with 6 weeks of chemoradiotherapy finished December 2023 and have been clear up untill now .
It hasnow Come back . Metastasis head and neck cancer and it has spread to my lungs so I have been offerd palliative immunotherapy . I have not yet started treatment and am quite worried. Thanks for remmbering me.
Nice to hear from you .I hope you are keeping well .Take care
Steve
Oh Steve, so sorry to read your news.
There have been some remarkable success stories with IT. We have a forum member who had two years of Pembrolizumab and is now three years clear of his last infusion.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
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