Managed to get a hold of a Dr at his local practise for an chat over the phone. She thinks its sounds like his anxiety/stress causing "silent reflux". By sound of it. And also upped his anxiety meds. Gave him gaviscon and a mouth spray.To see how he...
Morning all,so we now have a treatment plan for my husband,picc line in 17th July,pre treatment assessment 21st July and first session of intense Chemo on the 27th July,still seems an age away because he is still in agonising pain despite his meds being...
Hi everyone, My partner had stage 2 throat cancer a few years back. He had Radiotheraphy treatment and he is in remission now. His problem is he is suffering from a dry throat that turns into a tickle in the back of his throat when he tries to eat...
Hi everyone the good news is I got through the treatment and all is looking good. I’m starting to eat again which has gone fairly smoothly but this week I’ve started to get pain in my jaws - around the joints. I’ve just come off the slow release morphine...
Has anyone tried using Kinesio tape to help with facial paralysis and droop? I have substantial mouth droop which does feel more comfortable and allows me to speak better when I tape my mouth up. The worry i have is that some websites say it shouldn't...
Hi All. Jumping on here as I can't find what I am looking for. Yoga link looks good, will look into. There were a couple of people who mentioned other exercises, but I can't find them. Basically, I am 2 1/2 post treatment and struggling with how to...
Met with OH’s cancer team yesterday for the first time (all lovely people) but we have just realised how much this is going to cost in terms of fuel. The hospital is 40 miles away so 80 miles a day for 6 weeks the will cost somewhere in the region of...
Having had surgery twice, the first in 2021 and the last one in April this year which was a Fibular Free Flap Mandibulectomy, after local recurrence. The latest surgery did not remove all the cancer, I have now been told that there is nothing more that...
So, OH had his meeting this morning and confirmed stage 2 cancer of the epiglottis and two lymph nodes affected. They are not going to operate as they feel confident that 6 weeks chemo/radiotherapy will be the correct course of action for him. Said...
As the title says. I was at a Clinical Governance meeting this week and one of the topics was the annual cancer review. One of the slides had the following graphic about suspected cancer referrals to actual cancer diagnosis. For H&N cancers at my hospital...
