Good evening. My name is John and I am new to this forum, indeed as of less then 24 hours ago I am new to cancer. I have been diagnosed with Tonsil Cancer this afternoon and then bombarded with over my head discussions, different clinics and pamphlets...
Hi I'm on my last week of radiotherapy treatment .but the skin on my neck is so sore ,I don't know what to do, cover it or leave it open I was given polymem to cover it ,but I have to take it of for treatment and some times it gets stuck to my skin ,and...
Hello everyone, I'm petrified is an understatement!! Anyway when I put my finger deep down my throat I can feel a mass. I'm seeing an ENT consultant this evening. My face is also tingling, I've had this for a while. No raised nodes that I can feel. I...
Hi just wondering if anyone will be attending the swallows head neck conference in Sheffield next Wednesday and Thursday. I'm going and looking forward to hearing the success stories and finding out as much as I can about this type of cancer. Xx
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Hi I am in the fortunate position to be post treatment by 5 and half months. They got the cancer in both my tonsils and I should be celebrating. Sadly I am not I returned to work at the beginning of September on phased. I started feeling really odd and...
Hi everyone , So nearly finished first week of 1x CT and 5 RT. Not sure if I should be concerned,but I've reached the metal taste stage already is this the norm? And does it go away? See my dietician today after treatment,should I bring it up with...
Where to start. Back in August my wife (42 y/o) woke up with a golf ball on the upper right side of her neck. Ultimately ended up with a US, which showed a 3.1cm x 2cm x2cm hypoechoic mass. Differential was complex cyst vs neoplasm vs lympadenopathy....
Was told to start using Difflam mouth wash 4 times a after first chemo. Found that it numbed my tongue and cheeks too much so was told to dilute it with water. Did anyone else feel the same.? Sore mouth hasn't kicked in yet ,only on day 4 of RT.also...
I haven’t read much about immunotherapy, my husband had radiation and chemo and six months after they said he would benefit from this. The dr said there’s always micro cancer cells you can’t see with scans, anyone else heard of that?
