Will sun screen reduce radiation burn. Well it works with the sun
Hi Everyone Is anyone using or have used the infrared Thor tissue repair machine and if so how are you getting on with it? I'm using it after each treatment but it's very early days yet and will continue to do so but I'm curious to see others interaction...
To be honest this made me laugh now I’m either going to Chernobyl ? Or Radiotherapy. T1b N0 M0 SCC left vocal cord to be treated with radical radiotherapy over 4 weeks. To reduce the severity of the radiotherapy related side effects i would be grateful...
Hi and I'm sure long term members will be thinking oh no a question on acupuncture again!... but I've searched and can't find specifically what I'm asking. I'm 8 months post-op and although I know I'm slowly progressing, I'm still in a lot of pain,...
Hi everyone So far my radiotherapy for oral cancer has been manageable (new pain killer yesterday), but the main issue is pain on the tongue (top and right side) when eating. Everything I put in my mouth stings apart from water, milk and ice cubes....
Left. Reaching the anterior commissure. Radioogical T1b N0 M0
I was diagnosed with stage 4 in February last year and after MRI scan luckily it hadn't spread to lymph glands. My nose collapsed and I had to have surgery which was a partial rhinectomy. My surgery was in June and most of the bone, front and part of...
Hello. I am new here and not sure how to properly use the site, so please forgive me - or put me right! I've just done Day 13 of radio. My cancer is inside the right cheek in various locations. Felt pretty OK till last week but symptoms worsened considerably...
Still recovering from two heavy operations for SCC last year. T4N2M0 AND T2N1M0. They have just found a 4cm growth in my stage 4 area upper right jaw on a CT scan. CT scan in November was clear so this seems to be quite aggressive and fast growing....
Hi If anyone has any advice it would be appreciated, i honestly have no idea what im doing or what to do and as much as i have a great family support they dont understand. A few weeks ago i found out i was pregnant im actually 17weeks that was a...
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