Hi, Has anyone else experienced intense nerve pain as a result of radiotherapy or Cisplatin? Any ideas of how to ease it. I’m now on morphine but I’d just like to know that in time it will ease. thank you, in advance Clare
Hi all, I had a selective neck dissection along with a base of tongue tumour resection in mid December 2021 & it's left me with numbness from my mouth through my cheek and jaw to my ear and then down my neck and chest to the back of my shoulder. With...
Just as it reads! I'm 4.5 weeks post treatment for hpv+ tonsil cancer. Last Saturday I woke up to no mucous and today I managed to eat most of a poached egg! I won't lie, it wasn't easy and hurt a fair bit, but the 'lump' feeling I've had when swallowing...
Hello my husband was diagnosed with hpv positivesitive tonsil cancer which spread to lymph node in neck two weeks ago. We have been given a surgery date of the 4th April however I am now so scared incase one of us gets covid and delays the surgery. We...
I am currently 22 years old. For the last several months I’ve had swelling in the right side of my face. Frankly, I never thought much of this and left it be. Originally, I thought this was a masseter muscle issue; so I simply went to a beauty spa to...
So , today I went back to ENT to get my final biopsy results . Last visit, one week ago , I was told my diagnosis was Cancer SCC to soft palate but they were checking to see if deeper tissue was affected . So they tell me to just turn up next Tuesday...
Hello everyone, My partner has recently completed 30 radiotherapy sessions and 2 chemos for tonsil cancer at the age of 44. He’s almost 6 weeks post treatment and 4 weeks being back at home having been in hospital for 4 weeks due to complications arising...
Dear all, during a recent smear test my partner has recently and unfortunately been informed she is HPV positive. We have been together 2:years. This has created quite an anxious conversation between us both. I wondered given I am male, would the hospital...
Has anyone on Cisplatin had deep aches in arms? It is a job to tell whether my bones are actually aching or muscles and is very uncomfortable! thanks clare
Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing ok. Well i am on week 5 day 4 of treatment out of 6 weeks. Week 1, very tough week, i had chemo and radiotherapy on the monday and was at the hospital for 10 hours. All went ok the next 4 days radiotherapy only...
