Hello I’m new to the group and would like to introduce myself. I am a 68 year old lady, and last December/January I was diagnosed with SCC in my left tonsil which had spread to the muscle of my tongue. I’ve had 35 radiotherapy and 5 chemotherapy treatments finished 10 weeks ago. I am still receiving monthly immunotherapy for a few more sessions. My main worry at the moment is that I am still reliant on my feeding tube for all my nutrition , all I can manage are sips of water. I am beginning to wonder how long it’s going to take me to start again, the nurses and doctors say everyone is different but this and the fact that I seem to have lost my energy are beginning to get me down, and I wondered if any of your group have some words of help or advice for me please?
It does. I’m at three and a half. Finished treatment at 68 and thought, “wow, I’ll be 73 when I hit the magic five years! Waiting to be cured yet getting nearer the natural end of my life. I decided that waiting was wasting time so just forgot about it.
, I suppose at the moment 3 years seems quite a chunk out of life
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
