Hi everybody, Its nearly a month now since i finished radiotherapy for throat cancer there isnt a sign of improvement whatsoever with the side effects witch is quite dissapointing. The thick mucus that keeps building up in my mouth is driving me mad...
Hi all I’m back again well its a year on from my operation I’m doing fine except I still don’t have any teeth but five they left after giving me my life saving op, by taking away my left jaw bone due to a huge tumour wrapped around it, and using my right...
Hi My partner was diagnosed with T4N3M0 HPV related SCCC originating in the tonsil which spread to lymph nodes and tongue. He had daily radiotherapy 66gy 5 days a week for 6 weeks. He had cisplatin twice (3 weeks apart). We were so relieved when he...
husband treated for hpv cancer for base of tongue Chemo & radio treats the cancer Does continue to carry the hpv virus after treatment ?
Hi all My treatment finished on 15th March and I’ve had 2 follow ups with my ENT consultant. At both appointments I’ve been told there’s no need for any scans as there was no spread of cancer to the lymph nodes. From visual checks of my mouth, a...
I had the second wide local excision last Tuesday to remove a tumour. Unlike the first time they didn’t use laser and I swelled up like a balloon, it’s hideous, swallowing is agonisingly painful I have to use a syringe to get any liquids down, and keep...
Hi Everyone I have now been diagnosed with the above. As the primary site is being rather illusive to the doctors, I'm having an op/procedure to try and discover more. The procedure is a robotic tongue mucosectomy. I was hoping that someone may have...
Hello... I really need your help and advice. I was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and under went 6 x 5 radiotherapy and 2 chemotherapy. Since the beginning of treatment to now. 4 weeks post treatment I am still out of sorts. No energy. Is this normal...
Hi there, I am new to this forum. I have been treated with 30 sessions of radiotherapy, mixed with chemo (2 sessions) for HPV+ related throat and tongue sarcoma. I coped reasonably well with the treatment, it was fairly grim and I was fitted with a PEG...
I posted last week to say my husband had been diagnosed with tongue cancer. Today we received the results of the lymph node biopsy which says it is SCC of tongue and is HPV 16 positive. We have appointment next week to discuss treatment plan. I am hoping...
