Head and Neck Cancer

Hi all

My husband was diagnosed with Malignant Neoplasm of the Nasopharynx in Sept 2020 - in short, incurable Grade 4 cancer of the head and neck.  The tumour is actually behind his nasal passage and has very slightly spread to his lungs (but no issues at present).  He completed 5 days of radiotherapy in Oct 2020 as palliative care.  On 14/1 we were told that the radiotherapy could not buy him extra time (less than 12 months), but had stalled the aggressive growth of the tumour for a short while.

My husband is still eating/drinking and is mobile to an extent.

The one issue that plagues him is blurred vision in his right eye and constant "dizziness" hence he has to wear an eye patch during the day and uses a walking stick.  He's also lost a lot of wait after suffering considerable sickness after radiotherapy.  If it wasn't for the dizziness, he would be walking normally and able to go out for exercise.

My question is whether anyone else has suffered this awful blurred vision/dizziness and if so, were you able to try anything to relieve it - whether conventional or alternative medicine?

Whilst we accept this is the pressure of the tumour resting on the eye nerves etc, we are just trying to establish whether anyone has ever tried anything which has helped relieve the dizzy spells.  My husband has also lost hearing in his right ear and is awaiting hearing aids.  The Ear specialist did say that whilst there will be "liquid" sitting/building up inside the inner ear canal, as my husband suffered quite badly with sickness etc after radiotherapy, the procedure to ease some of the liquid etc would probably been too invasive for my husband to bear.

Although his life expectancy is likely to be 12 months or less, if he could still get out for a walk when the weather/covid allows  - this would make a huge difference to him.

Just interested to hear feedback/suggestions - many thanks.