Just starting my journey

Hi Bato, welcome to our group  nobody wants to join, however we are all here to help each other. Good luck with your treatment, if you have any questions or worries, ask on here, someone will always answer, if they can. All the best.

Regards Ray.

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the welcome, it is certainly a surreal time. I am surrounded by many supportive and caring family and friends which I really appreciate, what I feel though is that I need contact with those going through or who have gone through what I am about to, hence my signing up which I have to say wasn’t easy for me.

kind regards

Dennis

Hi Denis welcome to the club I am 3 years post radiotherapy for tonsil cancer with several affected lymph nodes. Am now happily living my life ti the max. Keep off Dr google you’ll scare yourself stick to your radiotherapy team snd us on here. If I say it took a year out if my life but now am back in track. I’ve cycled over 1000 km in last 8 weeks not bad for a 64 year old. Pop on here ask anythjng someone will always get back to you. 
Treatments hard u csnt lye but if I can do it anyone can. 
Good  luck Hazel 

Hi Hazel,

As a fellow 64 yr old I’ll take strength from that, thanks for taking the time to get back to me. 
Kind regards 

Dennis

Lol no problem Dennis we all help each other. Do you know if your cancer is h p v positive? 
mine was and my diagnosis was T2N2NM ive a blig brliw with links to other sites that may help you or your family. If you look at Beesuit  her blogs grest am  sure she will pop in soon as well 

Hazel A1957   64 year old. Scarily you be 65 next birthday that’s almost grown up !

Mine is P16 positive basaloid  followed by another word I can’t decipher that begins with an S, cell carcinoma of right tonsil with right neck node metatarsus…. apparently.

Squamous cell ? Yes mine had gone to lymph nodes. Which is what are lymph nodes are there for ti catch the stray cells. H p v 16 tumours respond very well to chemo radiotherapy. You’ve come to the right place 

Hazel 

Yes that sounds about right couldn’t work out the squiggles in the handwriting. All sounds positive then Hazel, never intended fully growing up maybe nows the time 
Thanks again.

Dennis

Nope no need to grow up too  much Just be prepared for treatment snd kerp iff Drv Google 

Hazel

Hi Dennis. A welcome from me too. I’m late to the party as been busy tidying up the veg garden and checking a couple of beehives. I’m chasing Hazel to the three years in January. 
Don’t be reticent joining in. You’ll have concerns as you go along so no question is daft. Somebody here will help you along. 
Like Hazel I was told the cancer would take a year out of my life and it did, but I have had a great year this last 12 month with few issues to report. 
The treatment is rough but you’ll be through it soon. Trust you team. I say this all the time so apologies to the regulars on here. Thus is new to you but not your doctors. They fix us every day and they are good at it. If I can do it at 68 then so can you. 
All the best. Pop on when you need a little support and good luck