Hi al. Hope you are all.doing well. 21 weeks post treatment!!! Wow what a journey!! I haven't used my PEG for 5 weeksand have an appointment at gastro clinic tomorrow, do.you think if i ask them they will remove it for me? I hate having it now as...
Well folks I've spent a couple of hours at Leeds dental hospital. I've had so much pain in my mouth since the biopsies 3 weeks ago. Turns out I've got an infection under a tooth with a crown. It comes out next Tuesday. I'm not even going into the lung...
Hello, I've been reading posts on the forum for a little while but haven't posted yet. My Mum was diagnosed with tonsil cancer earlier in the year. She has just finished 30 radiotherapy sessions and had 2/6 chemo treatments (but this made her too...
Hi Does anyone know if it’s safe to use compression legging as my feet are swollen after chemo. Getting confusing now as various web site contradicting. :DANM
Hi Went to the clinic this afternoon and managed to persuade them to take my G/N tube out, which is a big relief for me! Now I need to work out what best to eat, especially with the Trismus diagnosis, so I was wondering what blenders anyone might...
Hello, I’m looking for some help and advise, my husband 36yrs old finally got told he had cancer yesterday and they believe the best option is to have a tracheostomy and I was just looking for some advise from people that live with tracheostomy and...
Hello everyone, I finished treatment of 35 radiotherapies and 5/7 chemotherapy for tonsil tumour last April and am still feeding through my PEG. A recent video of me swallowing showed that my oesophagus is very tight in one area and only letting a tiny...
Hi everyone. I saw the ENT surgeon and oncologist yesterday in Bradford. I am officially a head and neck cancer of unknown primary patient. The examination showed an irregularity on my left tonsil and left tongue base. I will be having TORS surgery to...
Hello all I have cancer in the neck and mouth, right bronchi and lung. I also have a collapsed spine, and heart disease. I am not under treatment (no questions about that please) and in Palliative Care at home. The reason I am posting today is to...
Hi All, i have just ordered Polpolis liquid, the one recommended by Dani, My question is, how much and how to take daily, as a general supplement? Thanks Ray.
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