Hello, I’m new to the group. I’ve recently been diagnosed with base of tongue scc stage 2 with a right neck lymph node confirmed scc. i was given the choice of 2 treatments, TORS for base of tongue and a bilateral neck dissection with possible 5 weeks...
Today I am 8 years post treatment to the date. 10th. November 2017. Regards to you all.
So today I had the final (30th) treatment of adjuvant radiotherapy following my partial mandibulectomy with fibula free flap reconstruction with neck dissection in July. Man, what a crazy few months it has been. While I fully realise that radiotherapy...
I have a problem with my left side of my face. It seems to be that So swollen and I take a walk. It is worse. like I can’t catch my breath. The right side seems like it is OK so I am also having trouble eating because I can only feel the Right side of...
I am trying to assess the chances of any hearing loss (along with all the other side effects) from my forthcoming RT and CT treatment for head and neck cancer. They are unable to find the primary (after full neck surgery/removal, tonsillectomy and mucosectomy...
I was referred urgently on January 7th didnt actually see an ENT till October 12th had an assymetrical tonsil since having covid in 2021 seen doctors previously who put it down to scarring.This ENT seemed very worried diagnosed me with a range of problems...
How was everyone’s experience of scarring/fibrosis of the throat/tonsil area? I‘m at the end of week 2 of 7 radiotherapy and 2 of 4 chemo and my jaw is closing by the day! I can see the fibrosis at the back left of my throat where i get the extreme pain...
Hi everyone, I'm 55, male, and have been diagnosed with a sarcoma tumour cancer on one side of my larynx. The 'good' news is that it is a Grade 1 sarcoma and is therefore unlikely to be fast growing and/or spread (not in the short-term anyway), but...
I have P16 + diagnosis, had a neck dissection (to removing secondary, nodes, tonsils etc), A PEG installed and a mucosectomy. They cannot find any primary cancer. Referred to oncology who say that my circumstances are "rare" (so there are no 'stats...
my husband is six months post treatment and he needs an endoscopy every six months for his HPV positive oropharynx so far everything‘s been good but I’m asking for prayers for his appointment tomorrow with the ENT doctor that everything looks good. I...
