This is a bit complicated so I'll try to keep it as brief as I can. My partner has cancer in his tonsil, he's had immunotherapy, chemotherapy and is now having radiotherapy. He can't swallow so he has a feeding tube in his nose. He also has trismus which...
Husband finished treatment over a year ago for HPV positive cancer of base of tongue. He still gets quite a bit of mucus. Today it is a bit tinged with orange like blood. Does anyone still get this after this length of time or should this warrant a call...
Hi all. I finished 35 days chemo/radiation in January and whilst undergoing i gave up alcohol. I have started drinking beer again and seem to have loost much of my resilience and seem also to be suffering much more in way of mood swings and anxiety. Does...
Hi I’m 38 and I’m due to have a second surgery on Tuesday to remove a lather piece of my soft palate as margins were not obtained before. Ive also had a suspected polyp removed from my uterus and now I’m panicking it’s all related. Has anyone experienced...
Since having the rig fitted a month ago my hubby is on his second round of antibiotics for infection. It looks so red and sore all round where the tube goes in and the silicone ring only seems to aggravate it all the more. I’m cleaning the area with sterile...
Hi All, I am going to start treatment in the next 3/4 weeks. For neck cancer that has spread to lymph nodes. I will be having radiotherapy everyday monday - friday and chemotherapy once a week. Will also have a PEG fitted, abit nervous about this...
Hi all - I’m new here and a bit worried. In early April I had a nasty respiratory virus, so when I found a lump in my neck in May, I assumed it was just an enlarged lymph node related to the virus, so waited with crossed fingers in the hope it would go...
Just wondering if anyone has had heart burn as a late side effect with RT to tongue and neck . My RT finished one year ago and I'm experiencing burning tongue and some heart burn. Thank you .
Hi all, My husband has just started radiotherapy following surgery for salivary gland cancer and I have seen that a few people have had positive results from using red light therapy to help with healing in the mouth etc whilst having radiotherapy. ...
Hi has anyone heard of the medication prescribed for dry mouth called Salagen5mg. Thank you
