Morning all,so here I am again,firstly I want to say thank you for your replies to my last post on here,I came on to offload and then disappeared again,consumed by worry and fear so I also want to say sorry for not replying,your support helps so much...
Hi, 12 years ago my partner (Male 56) had a successful double kidney transplant and is on a large cocktail or drugs to maintain this, in march this year he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on the left lateral side of tongue with small progression...
Hi could anyone tell me if trying to get up mucus or phlegm is very hard after having head neck dissection and radiotherapy. I still feel as if I have something stuck at the back of my throat and don't know if this is just phlegm or mucus. It's so annoying...
Hi all, I met again with my consultant on Friday there. She suggested the route of further surgery in the tonsil area and neck dissection (2 nodes) as being a good way forward. The further surgery I understand is due to them only having a small margin...
Had Rig on the 4th. Still really painful and swollen. Rig surgery went bad and ward care was horrible. 8-11 hrs just to get paracetamol. Mask fitting didn’t go well, had to go back for refit and constantly having to call anyone And everyone to find out...
Finished my treatments last week and currently have a NG tube in situ. I just can't seem to bring myself to swallow anything. I want to get off this feed ASAP. Does anyone have any tips? Still spitting thick saliva and blood. I'm dying for a cheese pizza...
Hi was just wondering if this wooden feeling in my neck will ease over time. 12 weeks post RT. Even though I do my neck mouth exercises and drainage every day this feeling in my neck is awful. I constantly apply moisturer to my neck and that eases it...
Hi My husband had throat cancer stage 1 in March this year. The tumor was at the base of his tongue and went to 1 lymph node which is how he found it (a lump). He was lucky not to need chemo or radiotherapy so had robotic surgery to remove the tumor...
Today I still haven't heard anything from ENT about my 'so called' consultation and to hand in my consent form for the PATHOS Trial on Thursday 12th September. So I rang the hospital operator and asked what time my appointment is on Thursday 12th September...
Hi all 9 weeks after radiotherapy for tongue cancer and really struggling with it all. Stage 3 tumour, hemi glossectomy & forearm reconstruction, neck dissection 2 lymph nodes contained cancer so RT. I have ongoing cough, chesty like I forever need...
