Hi I'm 7 weeks post treatment for radiotherapy and chemotherapy. I have the RIG and are totally dependent on it at the moment. I have had a few setbacks since finishing the treatment, infection in my feeding tube wound, then a chest infection. Both...
Hi I am new on here. My husband was diagnosed with mouth cancer in April and we have been waiting for an appt for surgery the cancer on his tongue has got a lot bigger now and he is suffering a lot with the pain. He has a date now though for 50% possibly...
Hey guys, long time no see! Those who remember me probably remember i had a disagreement with my dentist over the need for flouride varnishes (he always insisted i didnt need them when i asked for them) Well i went to have my check up today and he...
I feel really ashamed writing this, as reading others posts, I know how lucky I have been.I had two operations to remove my tonsils and base of my tongue, second operation was to remove a little more and neck dissection. I didn’t need any further treatment...
I posted in August that my husband has chronosis of his jaw cause caused by radiotherapy 3 years ago. last week his consultant agreed to a referral to Vinod Patel at Guys which you nice people told me about. my husband is so low and is in so much...
hi me again , my husbands had his rig tube for just over a week now , he got the stitches removed on thursday everything seems fine but when he lies down lots of air comes out the side of the tube and when he bent over earlier there was fluid leakage...
Hello, I am hoping for some advice please. My dad was diagnosed with tonsil cancer in 2020, he had tonsils removed, neck dissection and 30 rounds of radiotherapy. We were hopeful of a curative outcome and 4 monthly checks with ENT consultant showed...
6 weeks post op just had the screwed In mouth piece removed and a new one fitted. I HATE IT!!!!! It hurts the right side of my mouth (not the cancer side) it's not sealed water still comes out my nose. Only ate small pot off porridge in 3 days and even...
Hi again. As you all know I am waiting to start treatment for head and neck cancer of unknown primary. I need to have a lung biopsy and had to have a tooth out at Leeds dental hospital which caused a huge abcess. We are currently on honeymoon until the...
Hi all. I just wanted to put some thoughts and questions down on a thread. Im 34 and work in the NHS as a med sec. My dad got diagnosed with oral cancer three years ago, he had treatment via surgery and radiotherapy and was given the all clear. 3 years...
