Me again! I got dates for therapy today, 8th April for radio, 10th for chemo! Although I was fully expecting this and it’s actually a little later than I thought, it’s really hit me hard, it’s like I really now have to except it and the realisation...
Living on 4-5 Fortisips a day, plus liquid medication (13 drugs). Also frequent sips of iced water that mount up on a bad day. Plus good old tea and coffee. Total liquid intake around 5 litres a day. Is this too much? Internet suggests a maximum of 2...
Hi everyone Hubby finally rings the bell on friday.. So excited but yet very very anxious as we been told he wont have a scan for 4 months to see if clear or still there. Velindra will be phoning us once a week for two weeks but then we on own. Do we...
Hi everyone, my husband is 2 weeks into radiotherapy and had one chemo last week. He says he hs terrible taste in his mouth and he is finding some foods taste strange already. Today he is also smelling something weird, he can’t seem to explain except...
Hello everyone - hope you forgive the ramblings - they are out of fear I think I am sure you will understand when I say my mind is in overdrive and I cant think of the words to express the terror which keeps passing over me. Briefly mid Dec saw...
(tongue cancer - partial glossectomy, no flap, 9 weeks ago) I know tongue tingling is really a good thing as it is nerves regenerating etc, but OMG mine is tingling so much it is driving me crazy! Have noticed it increasing for the last 2 or 3 weeks...
good afternoon I’ve been give a bag full of Fortisip. Now do I drink enough to make up 2000 calories which would be 8 a day.
I’m currently on hold to speak to chemo advice line but just wondered if anyone on here could give me some advice please. My husband had chemo last Tuesday. It has really wiped him out as has felt really poorly since. Tonight he started to feel shivery...
Hi all,I hope you are all as well as you can be,I just thought I would pop on and update you about my Hubby’s sinonasal tumour,so we had the scan results on Monday,consultant said he is reassured by them,tumour has shrunk significantly and the majority...
Hi all ok nearly three months post treatment six weeks rt and chemo tongue and lymph cancer stage 3 really struggling to eat just about coping with time of soup on the feeding tube which I hate swallowing such an issue when does it get easier...
