Hi I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed yesterday. Really worried. Not sure what to expect. I am going to have 6 weeks of radiotherapy 5 days per week and chemotherapy for 6 weeks once a week. I am pretty scared but putting on a brave face for...
hello, i went for my cancer chat today, sadly because everything has been rushed forward by a couple of weeks, the info form everyone is patchy and sporadic, but i cannot fault all the nurses and dr they have been kindness personified towards me, which...
Hi I’m new here and feeling very anxious. My husband was diagnosed with a SCC on his tongue in May 2022. Not HPV positive. At the time it was very small, they operated and thought they had good margins so did not require further treatment. However,...
Hi all Radiotherapy ended yesterday so now in the period where new symptoms can appear or existing ones get worse. Sore neck appeared on Monday so asked the RT team and they gave me a small tube of Flaminal Hydro. There was no box and no instructions...
Hello, About 5 months ago I found a lump in my neck. I was sent for a CT scan and they found a lump on my neck (cervical) lymph node 2.3cm and on both of my ovaries, the largest being 5.3cm. My blood test came back as normal. My core biopsy of the...
Been having night sweats for about a month is this common with lymph nodes tumours in the neck
Hi everyone! I completed my treatment last year ( mid Aug) & got a ‘complete response’ in December. I had undergone chemoradiation for tonsillar cancer ( T3N0M0 ). l had my first review subsequent to the examination in Dec; 9 weeks later. I have been...
My mum had had this fitted 10 days ago at Leeds and still in pain, is this normal? She has two incisions higher up from where it’s fitted, which makes me think they tried a couple of times and got the wrong place? Anyone else had this?
Hi, I finished 6 weeks of chemoradiation in 12th May 2023 for tonsil & lymph node cancer. About 5 months ago I started getting scaly red spots that itch on my torso. I thought maybe psoriasis as I do have scalp psoriasis but I have been treating with...
Hi All finally had my rig fitted Friday. Since then I have had a stomach like a washing machine and debilitating stomach cramps with the runs ( can’t spell Dioarhea ) this morning I have woken up with dirty water in the feeding tube, assuming it’s feedback...
