Hi everyone, Well my last week of RT complete now ,the "Bell " has been Rang!!, but I think I'm ringing it to allow for next week's of pain to start ,not to celebrate my end of treatment!! This week has been toughest up to now, very dry mouth, thick...
Hi again I’m currently in hospital after having a RIG fitted yesterday and I’ve never had so much pain in my life. I’m meant to be going home today but it hurts my stomach to move or walk, I’m so fed up, did anyone else suffer this much with the fitting...
Heading says it all as does my profile. I'm considering a negligence claim as I have no idea if we can cure this cancer, my hearing has deteriorated because of it, the extra stress of more aggressive treatment because of spread. Not sure if it's worth...
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1st day chemo-Cisplatin- 6 days radiotherapy. So far no real issues- its all psychological and im killing myself with anxiety. My partner is a godsend and supportive like i cant believe. How do people go through this on their own!! Biggest concern for...
Good morning everyone. Hope I can get some advice here. My dad is in hospital after having g a total laryngectomy and im not at at all happy with his care. He's had every complication going and ended up in ICU after having a second surgery. He's now back...
Hi everyone. My dad has stage 4 throat cancer (nasopharynx) he had an 8cm tumour on one side of the neck, and several smaller tumours around the throat and neck. Also spread to the Base of the skull. He started chemo 2 weeks ago and has had 2 sessions...
Is it all in my head? up until now the only symptom I’ve had is a lump when I swallow. today I’ve started with a sore tongue but the biopsy was taken from the base of my tongue / throat. Did anyone else have little or no symptoms?
Hi all, I'm two and a half years post treatment, chemo & radiotherapy, for squamos cell carcinoma in tonsil. Have recently been experiencing infrequent neck spasms, and was wondering if anyone else has/had this? Maybe it's the cold weather?
Has anyone noticed their blood pressure is very low after RT? Mine has dropped dramatically since finishing RT
