Hi everyone, my dad has been diagnosed with stage 4 tonsil cancer which has spread to the lymph nodes in the neck and unfortunately the lymph nodes in the chest (metastatic). He has been offered immunotherapy as a systemic palliative treatment and guided...
Hi everyone im 5 months since radiotherapy and 9 m after surgery. Just wondering how often everyone gets followed up in the first year? I was told id be seen every 6 weeks for the first year, 8 weeks 2nd year, 10 weeks 3rd year and so on, told be seen...
Evening. I start week five on Monday. My throat is raw but my other concern is that I am 100% on the RIG. I've tried to swallow some meds, they get stuck and within five minutes I'm being sick which is incredibly painful. Is this 'normal' to be 100...
Hi. I finished treatment end of April and have had persistent thrush since half way through. I have tried everything for weeks- fluconazole, itraconazole and nystatin. I’ve also been applying Daktarin on my tongue. Nothing works and the gp even asks me...
Well all you lovely people we finally got married on Friday. It was a lovely day. I would add a photo but can't work that one out x
hi my partner is getting a rig tube fitted today , i suddenly realised last night nobody has told us if he has to fast before this so not sure if he can have anything when he gets up today , has anyone else had to fast for this ? would think he would...
What best electric razor when having radiotherapy on my throat? is it better to pay out for a better one or a cheap one?
I had a partial glassectomy in March. I got the all clear that my mouth was cancer free, so all good. However, I had several lymph nodes removed at the same time. These came back with cancerous cells, so had to have 6 weeks of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy...
Had my diagnosis today, positive is that we are not talking about survivability so focusing on that. I have a deep and aggressive tongue cancer which consultant wants to go aggressively after asap. Going to need a right had side of tongue removing,...
Posting for my husband - Feb '22 - Late diagnosed T4N3M0 SCC tumour of Hypopharynx - Surgery, Chemo or full radiotherapy not an option. I thought I'd update on my husband's condition. From what was such a dire prognosis of just a few weeks/few months...
