I would be interested to hear how other people have got on with dental reconstruction dentures/implants following removal of bone/teeth during surgery for mouth cancer. My surgery involved removal of five teeth and a layer of bone on the lower jaw...
Hi All, well Im now 6 weeks post treatment end and things are going well (Left tonsil Squamous Cell HP+) 30 rad treatments a 2 Chemo Eating - have already regarined some taste mainly savory things and i am able to eat most things unless they are acidic...
My husband's last peg feed was yesterday evening and he started vomiting this morning (clear and then brown) this morning. He has fallen asleep now. He doesn't want me to ring 111 and he doesn't want to go to A&E He is going to flush his peg later this...
My partner is 8 weeks past 6 weeks of radiotherapy for tonsil and lymph node cancer. He did pretty well throughout and didn’t have a feeding tube. He was in a lot of pain after treatment but seemed to be getting a much better, but in the last couple of...
So half way through my eight month after starting treatment and I am looking at either a port into my stomach or a tube down my throat. I can no longer tolerate the supplement drinks and simply cannot get enough sustenance into my body by eating I am...
Hi everybody, I was part of a phase three randomised trial of this drug earlier in the year. Unfortunately I drew the "short straw" and was put on the control arm - docetaxel. After some weeks the hospital halted treatment as I was experiencing unpleasant...
Lost 3 stone after neck dissection and secondary cancer diagnosis want to put weight back on any help, supplements I can take to help with this
Hi, I should introduce myself as a thyroid cancer patient who had a hemi-thyroidectomy last year. My voice was perfect after surgery and also for a couple of months after. My voice started to change around early summer last year (2024) and I was told...
I’m now 8 weeks post treatment. It seemed to be moving in the right direction with the expected side effects. Slowly seemed to be getting better. Then in the last 2.5 weeks my throat is on fire, my voice is now a low scratchy growl, I have endless mucous...
Hi I’m just wondering if any of you who’ve had the operation I’m about to have which is removal of part of my tongue, neck dissection and reconstruction of tongue with arm flap have any advice about sleeping comfortably afterwards? Presumably I’ll be...
