Hi all, I’ve just reached a halfway point in treatment with 15 radio under my belt. I also had 2 chemo & was due another today but they’ve postponed it because can’t get my nausea under control & I’ve lost 5% body weight as I can’t stomach anything. They...
Hi All, Week 6 - my mucositis is suddenly very bad. Back of throat is white with red raw patches and a little bleeding. Tongue so swollen I can barely see it. I am 100% tube fed, but swallowing, burping, hiccups are all agony. I keep waking up at...
Morning All After having my RIG fitted last Wednesday i've had problems with it leaking and being really, really sore. To top it off my mouth heamouraged again yesterday morning, but not for as long as last time. After several calls it was decided...
Hi all, Starting week 6 and things are really starting to mount up on me... Chemo last Tuesday and I am still struggling from that. My throat pain has just started to get more challenging - I am now on continual paracetamol and still have codeine...
Morning all I had my RIG Tube fitted yesterday. feeling really sore, but getting used to it. So nice not having my NG anymore, i have my face back !! Being discharged soon, so off home, looking forward to snuggling up in my own bed tonight. Have...
Hi, I had TONSIL Cancer when I was 45 treated by Tonsilectomy, radiotherapy and concurrent Chemotherapy with high dose Cisplatin. Probably HPV 16/18 relate, as I'm here 18 years later, when the recovery rate when I was first diagnosec was grim. It's...
My husband is about to start 5 weeks of radio and 2 sessions of chemo for base of tongue and lymph glands cancer. On reading some posts here they talk a lot about the pain during treatment, and he's already in pain in his face and neck and head, so Im...
Is it normal to have severe fatigue and feeling cold in this drug
Hi T4aN2bM0 Stage 3 nasopharanx cancer It's my husband again. The poor man is in so much pain I don't know what to do. He's on 100mg Fentanyl patches every 3 days, he takes 200mg morphine tablets under the tongue 6 x per day as well as 3 x 1g...
Hi all, I’ve been reading peoples posts and answers (the place is wonderful xx) seems quite a few people have to have feeding tubes due to swelling or nausea etc…if your throat is so swollen you can’t even drink - what about talking? thanks in advance...
