Hi eleven weeks post RT. Just wanted to know if anyone experienced issues with throat at this stage. I feel as if my throat seems swollen and then is ok again . I'm using the nebuliser to clear any mucus as I find it hard to clear my throat. Is this common...
My husband was diagnosed in may with cancer of the windpipe and it has spread to his cartilage we think it has come from his lungs he had lung cancer 4 years ago which they did operation and removed a third of his lung and had 20 radiation treatment atm...
Hi my mums recently been diaganosed with T4 hypopharyngeal cancer which is in the lymph nodes both sides, MDT recommended laryngopharyngectomy and then PETCT after to see if she will need radiation (hopefully they’ll get it all in one go). We’ve got an...
Hi I'm 11 weeks post RT now. I'm still experiencing water blisters in my mouth a few every day. They are excruciatingly painful and although last about hour or two can really take the breath out of you. People say they are normal and will go. I spoke...
Hi everyone I asked for guidance here a few weeks ago regarding a close friend who I was trying to support but was finding it very difficult because he would only communicate through text and I felt as though I was letting him down. Thankfully by coming...
Hello. My husband had tongue cancer last summer and had a partial glossectomy, lymph nodes taken, chemo and radiotherapy. All treatment finished last September. He's recovered well (he'll never be happy with the way he now talks!) but generally doing...
I have extreme swallowing problems that they put down to a pre-existing condition. On barium swallow they've found a large filling defect exactly where I've been describing for the last two years. It's in the right pyriform sinus. Given 14 day referral...
Hi all. I went to see Surgeon Cdr Mr Williams again today and he confirmed cancer in my lymph node too. Therefore, He wants to take more tonsil tissue (to ensure that he got it all, I am unclear as to why he didn't take it all when he did the Tonsillectomy...
Hi After a tonsillectomy in July I was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer T2N1M0 SCC HPV+ in L palatine tonsil. The histology came back over a month ago. At the time of the histology and diagnosis my tongue, lungs and oesophagus were all clear. I am...
Have been my only option is a total laryngectomy as the cancer has returned. Anyone had or experienced this please very worried
