Hello all, just a quick question. I am due to start a course of 6 weeks of radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer. The hospital is only about 20 minutes drive away. I just wanted to ask people if they had been able to drive themselves to and from treatment...
Hi everyone Today I have my PET scan and I am terrified they will find that I have cancer in other areas of my body. I was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma, but it is actually in my lymph gland on the left side of my neck and I can't shake the...
Anyone else experienced bad withdrawal symptoms coming off Oxycodone?? I cut them down just as the doc suggested till last week only 5mg (the lowest dose) tab in the evening. Dropping off last Thursday and I’m feeling really rubbish. I just cannot...
I feel like I need reasurrance and also a kick or two. I am struggling with my thoughts and have been for a while - I was so over joyed with the good outcome of surgery and the intial pain and couple infections and heavy bleeds were put to bed, but I...
Hi just another query I have. I seem to ask questions all the time. I'm in my ninth week post RT and had neck dissection in march. I was wondering about the scar tissue on my tongue. How long did you find it stayed before it turned the colour of your...
Hi just wee update on the dry mouth. I ordered xylimelts mint flavour. I have been taking two at night and they definitely have helped my dry mouth. Not completely taken it away but a real improvement that I don't have to drink as much at night. Not big...
I just want to get off my chest that I have felt really down today. I have my follow up from my MRI on Thursday and I have been imagining that it has spread. My neck and shoulders have been aching real bad and then I got an awful headache. I have been...
My husband saw his consultant privately this morning to review his post treatment PET scan results as he just couldn’t wait 6 weeks. His primary tumour has gone. His neck lump which is still quite large is not lighting up so it could mean that all the...
Hi all I'm new here and was diagnosed yesterday with Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I had an MRI yesterday and have to have a PET scan too (I have no idea what that is.) I have survived two Malignant Melanomas in the past, but I was a lot younger then...
Morning, First week done thankfully. 30 radio and 5 chemo to go! Skin is already very red on my neck, nausea from the chemo has been worse than I expected and mouth tastes horrendous. Mouth isn’t sore but tastes of bloody metal all the time and...
