Hi, I am new to this who thing, the forum and the disease. I went to the doc after a lump appeared in my neck. I had a bot of a swollen tongue for many months as I had dental work and we were adjusting teeth to stop them hurting my tongue. Anyway...
Hi all hope eveyone`s doing ok. I recently discovered a lump in the side of my neck so decided to get it checked out. After biopsy, ct scan. mri it turned out to be secondary cancer in the lymph gland the primary being in my left tonsil. After having...
Another Head and Neck article appeared on BBC Wales media today....makes for interesting reading. Doctor reveals how 'brutal' therapy tackled Rhod Gilbert's cancer - BBC News Peter
Hi all, Since I got about 30% of my taste back, I have started to crave sweet things. This is particularly unusual for me because, pre treatment, I had had several decades of low sugar consumption and had developed a taste for tart things. My weight...
Hi. My husband starts radiotherapy and chemo next week for a tumour on base of tongue and neck. He was promised a PEG feeding tube hopefully before treatment begins but is still waiting a date. We have chased twice but apparently there is a long back...
Hello everyone, I have found your posts really helpful and supportive. I finished a 6 week course of radiotherapy with one dose of chemo, should have been 2 but I developed low sodium and the second was cancelled, my oncologist decided not to re-schedule...
Evening everyone. So great news as i called the ENT secretary and she said the results were benign. So is that it then? Def nothing to worry about?. Seems a bit odd they would bother with the MRI on Wednesday or still want to take the tonsil out, although...
Morning, they have found a mass behind my dads voice box which they have said is cancer but until they have the biopsy results it cannot be said for certain. We are getting his results tomorrow and was wondering if there are any main questions that I...
hello, i have read on the macmillan site regarding diet - saying no to mayonnaise, yoghurt and tea and coffee, when i went for the chemo yesterday, they offered me tea, coffee, yoghurt, tuna and mayo cheese and mayo, egg and mayo, prawn and mayo sandwiches...
hello i wanted to know, i have never had a covid or flu vaccine and am being urged to do so in the trimester of chemo, as they have bumped up the chemo to start this friday instead of three weeks from now and am curious, do i really need to get a covid...
