My husband has been recently diagnosed with cancer on his tongue. He's had a tonsillectomy. He's just had 4 out of 6 teeth removed in preparation for radiotherapy starting next month.
He's having a feeding tube put in on Monday.
All very scary and happening so quickly.
Thought I'd say hello. My husband is 49, im 40 and we have two young girls ages 7 and 5.
Hello Kelly, scary times I'm sure, but you'll get huge support from your team and there are loads of people on here who will listen/advise/empathise whenever you need us. H&N is very treatable nowadays, far and away the majority of people we get on here make a full recovery, but it's tough and it does take time.
He's on the young side to get diagnosed with it (which is very much in his favour when it comes to coping with the treatment); I think most of us on here are a little older....apologies if I'm defaming any who aren't.
From your user name I assume you're in Bristol? My part of the world, although I'm closer to Exeter now, and you have great hospitals there; my dad was in the BRI for a long time and one of my kids was born in Southmead, where are the cancer services in the city?
Must be very difficult for your girls to comprehend, our youngest was seventeen when I was first diagnosed so a bit different, but I kept his college informed of what was happening so they were aware to keep an eye on him, possibly worth doing the same with their school if you think it's appropriate.
Very best wishes and please ask anything, it's an oft quoted line on here but there really is no such thing as a stupid question.
Metastatic SCC diagnosed 8th October 2013. Modified radical neck dissection November, thirty-five radiotherapy fractions with 2xCisplatin chemo Jan/Feb 2014. Recurrence on larynx diagnosed July 2020 so salvage laryngectomy in September 2020.
The radio really is the brutal bit, when I was told RT (with a bit of chemo) I thought I'd got off lightly, because chemo is the thing that people associate with the sacry part of cancer treatment isn't it? Nope.
But, so many of us on here have done it and had a full recovery. It's very hard and, in my opinion, even harder for the carers and loved ones a lot of the time, but you'll get through it.
Metastatic SCC diagnosed 8th October 2013. Modified radical neck dissection November, thirty-five radiotherapy fractions with 2xCisplatin chemo Jan/Feb 2014. Recurrence on larynx diagnosed July 2020 so salvage laryngectomy in September 2020.
