I am 70 and 10 days ago (day 1), I started a 30 day course of radiotherapy supplemented by a weekly dose of chemotherapy (cisplatin). Following my head and neck surgery (removing everything relevant including secondaries and a full tonsillectomy) and...
Hello, I was diagnosed with tongue cancer last week and have just had my last scan. I understand it will be two weeks for the scan results. They believe it to be early stages and quite small so will be surgery and lymph nodes in my neck to also be removed...
My 6 weeks of adjuvant radiotherapy after surgery, totalling 65gy on my neck for a Microsystic Adnexal Carcinoma on the edge of my saliva gland finished a week ago. I’m left with almost no taste and apart from that, I have no other side effects. Whilst...
I travelled to QMC Nottingham yesterday for what is hopefully the last of the planning and preparation for my jawbone reconstruction surgery. It was a hectic day, I had 7 appointments one after the other, and I met most of the team who will be looking...
I’m almost midway through 7 weeks of radiotherapy and 4 of chemotherapy for tonsil cancer and the pain from swallowing is unbearable. Does anyone remember how much fentanyl they started on and how much they finished on? I’m losing weight due to barely...
Hello, I have received my results and have been diagnosed with Stage 3 squamous cell carcinoma affecting the tonsil, throat, soft palate, and lymph nodes. My treatment plan includes 6 to 7 weeks of radiotherapy and 6 weeks of chemotherapy. I am concerned...
Hi. im in week 4 post CRT - last RT 31st October. last Chemo (5/6 18/1025) Main drugs Oxycodone 10ml 5 x per day I'm currently trying to switch back to max codeine instead , with oxycodone top ups when needed. It's not vital for me to drive...
Hi, so I noticed a lump in my neck about 5 weeks ago, saw GP but had to wait for the 3 weeks of having the lump before the referral could go in, that went in on the 9th but still nothing from hospital as yet. the GP described it as the size of a golf...
Hi again,I had tors surgery and bilateral neck dissection but unfortunately the margins were very poor so now I have got a peg fitted and about to embark on chemo radiation on the 1st of December. I’m just wondering if anyone has suffered with a lot of...
My husband has just been diagnosed with lung mets . He received treatment chemo radiation 3 years ago (T4aN2cm0) he also developed scc on the his right side of his neck last year which was removed . Now a tumour in his right lung which they are unable...
