In late march i was at the dentist because i had found white dots within 5 kins she was doing an email to head and neck dr, i saw dr on the following tues and within the next 4wks i had ct and mri scans, plus biopsy, i was then told yes i had oral cancer...
Hi all I'm back. Any tips on pain relief? As you know had my hemi reconstruction & lymph nodes taken in April. Radiotherapy for six weeks finished 4 weeks ago but I'm in more pain now than when I had tongue cancer, had surgery & was having RT. Yes I...
Hi All, So my wife finished 35 sessions of radiotherapy last Friday and Chemo a few weeks ago for nasopharyngeal cancer. She had to stay in hospital for the last week and has now been on a NG tube for about 3 weeks used for forty sips and her meds...
Hi, I am new here I was diagnosed with tongue cancer in May. I have had a partial glossectomy and neck dissection. I am about to undergo Chemoradiation which involves 6 cisplatin and 30 radiotherapy sessions. I have a place to start University in September...
Hi. I'm new to the forum and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction for advice about something a bit weird. I had my T3 ACC removed a couple of weeks ago, along with some jaw and the roof of my mouth, which they patched with a skin...
Hi, Have read that some people have found these useful to help with radio and chemo symptoms. Keen to understand people’s experiences and what type I should be looking for as seems to be quite a few different variables. Thanks Jason
Hi I’m 6 months from operation on tongue and 35 lympth nodes removed from neck and radiotherapy. NHS were fab through treatment but I’ve never seen a physio! I just looked up the exercises online! I’ve tried to book in with them but they never repeat...
Has anyone had TORS performed as a separate operation than their neck dissection? My husband has SCC with p16 positivity, right tonsil and lymph node. He had a neck dissection last week and it was confirmed 1 cancerous node with no extra nodal extension...
Hi All, Hope you are all doing ok? I have had my 2nd Cisplatin Chemo treatment and was given Dexamethasone 2mg Tablets 2x twice a day for 3 days. First lot were absolutely fine, but on 2nd treatment and they are giving me terrible heartburn and...
Just got what I thought was my final diagnosis today but despite biopsy staining for HPV, test came back as inconclusive. Dr says it is very likely to be HPV, started in tonsil, now in left side lymph node, I’m 58 and healthy ( don’t smoke or drink)....
