Just had the result of my post-treatment PET (taken at 12 weeks). No sign of cancer in Tonsil, lymph nodes or SCM muscle BUT activity/hot spot in the lung requiring urgent EBUS (camera and biopsy) and back to oncologist in three weeks. Struggling to be...
Hi all,the past couple of months a lot of our friends have been going abroad,as I have probably mentioned in previous posts we had to cancel our 2 holidays to Tenerife and Rhodes,this has lead to many people saying to us “don’t worry you will be getting...
Hi all, Some of you know my last post on recurrence fear. Well that fear realised itself. My surgery is on Monday for HNSCC jaw right side with, hopefully, no bone involvement. They will perform a rim resection and a neck re-resection. Twice on both...
Hi My partner has hpv related oropharyngeal cancer which originated in the tonsil. This has spread to a few lymph nodes on both sides of his neck, back of tongue and tongue muscles. The largest neck node was 8cm. His treatment is underway which consists...
Hi, I'm now seven weeks post treatment (oropharyngeal cancer) and for the last week have had an absolutely vile taste when I drink or swallow. I imagine the taste is like drinking water that has had rusty nails in it. I assume that the taste is due...
Posting here on behalf of my dad he got diagnosed with tongue/throat cancer back in 2022 he started radiotherapy this year and had 5 sessions a week for 6 weeks and the last session was at the beginning of June since finishing treatment he has had an...
Hi every one, I'm l on day 12 of radiotherapy out of 30. My taste has turned rancid. Everything tastes horrible. Any advice on what is better to try.
Hiya all, After an anxious two-week wait, I have had good news from my first PET scan. "Complete response" and there is no evidence of disease!! Obviously too soon to say "cured", but it is the best result that can be reported. My oncologist said...
Hi, just thought to update everyone I have posted here at the beginning of my treatment. I have finished 13 weeks ago my 7 weeks of chemotherapy and have had the PEt CT scan last week. I’m due to see my oncologist on Friday the 6th however I have...
So OH is now 4 weeks since end of radiotherapy for throat cancer and on Saturday and Sunday he didn’t use his feeding tube (in stomach) at all, just ate 5 or 6 little meals each day. He started swallowing water about 2 weeks ago then managed yoghurt...
