Steve: tonsil cancer stage 2-HPV Friday found me booked in for two radiotherapy sessions and the weekly blood test. They are closed on Boxing Day, so I had a treatment at 9, and one at 6. They kindly fixed us up in hotel accommodation, so I could rest...
Mum has terminal jaw cancer originally diagnosed in July with prognosis of one maybe two years. She has had 10 sessions of radiotherapy and has been getting steadily worse since with a lot of weight loss due to being unable to eat. We saw the consultant...
Hello again, I was diagnosed with tonsil cancer (p16 positive) in November, and I have completed two days of radiotherapy and one of chemotherapy. Things are happening. I'll list most worrying first: In chemotherapy my blood pressure shot up to dangerously...
Hello again, I was diagnosed with tonsil cancer (p16 positive) in November, and I have done all the preparation for treatment. I begin on Monday with one day a week for chemotherapy together with daily radiotherapy. Many people have told me about the...
I have just been diagnosed with cancer in my tonsils and I am having surgery to remove them on Wednesday has anyone else been diagnosed with this cancer
Hi I just got my results back and the radiotherapy and Chemotherapy seems to have produced "promising" (That's the word the Surgeon used) results on my tongue but there are still some issues in my lyph glands in the right side of my neck which could...
Hi all, another little update for anybody interested, and me to look back on! Week 4 - Petty much the same as week 3. Everything tastes rank, still managing to eat but I feel less inclined to do so...really have to force it down. Week 5 - It's all...
My mums just been diagnosed with Stage 2 Papillary squamous cell carcinoma they told her earlier this week they thought it was pre cancer abnormal cells I'm numb angry and I can't imagine life without her. They've prescribed her morphine because her head...
I was previously successfully treated for SCC of lower jaw with surgery and reconstruction about 2 years ago. I now have a new ulcer/lesion on the gum of upper jaw. It is only small, millimetres only, like a little white lump. Unfortunately my routine...
This looks like it might be worth watching. You’ll be able to ask questions at the end 7th December at 6.30 Melanie is the Clinical Director for Lymohoedema services in Wales.
