Hi all, I'm almost 4 years post treatment and my teeth are literally falling apart due to radiotherapy. Tbh they weren't great to start with as I had to have 6 removed before treatment. Anyway I really just want them removed and get dentures/ implants...
Hi all, first post for me. I've been diagnosed with stage 1 cancer of the vocal cord but as it's an apparently rare Sarcomatoid Spindle Cell cancer the MDT is favouring a partial laryngectomy, removing both vocal cords and presumably more around it. I...
Is anybody wearing upper dentures after radiation? If you have are they ok with not much saliva?????
Hi I’m new here and was prompted to join as on Monday I’m about to start six weeks of radiotherapy on my left side neck and throat. I’m five weeks post neck dissection and tors surgery which successfully removed 32 lymph nodes, only one large tumour and...
Hi all. I finished radiotherapy for head and neck cancer about 8 weeks ago. Had loads of side effects, but lately felt I am almost back to normal so decided to go back to work. Starting on Wednesday and it is staged return. I the last 2 weeks...
Just a reminder as to how important it is to have a yearly Thyroid blood test. I had mine first week of July, result was slightly out of normal range, Gp said to have another in a mouth, result of second one shows back into normal range. Take care in...
Hi not been on here for a while... after 2 cancelled ops I finally had my 2 sft tumours successfully removed in may after 2 days of embolisation to reduce blood flow to the 2 nasties.... I had latimus dorsi muscle harvested and channelled up to my top...
Hello. New here. After 5 months of scans and biopsies, my husband is going to be treated with radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer. The part that is worrying both of us is the RIG feeding tube. He can swallow absolutely fine just now but has been recommended...
Hi all My husband aged 66 had a Squamous Cell carcinoma of upper alveolar ridge removed, free flap construction from forearm into mouth, maxillectomy, neck dissection and removal of lymph nodes in neck in January this year. One lymph node was too close...
Hi there. I had partial glossectomy in January following a biopsy of a papillomatous nodule on lateral posterior of tongue. The biopsy returned as a mid to.poor differentiation ant T1 (wasn't given grade) so I had small 2p piece (as surgeon called it...
