New to here and cancer......

Hi Alex. Welcome to our little club. 
Have a look at Hazels blog. Click on her name and there is a link on her profile RadioactiveRaz 

Mark has a good diary if you click on his name MarkEL 

And if you look at the bottom of my post there is a link to my blog. I had base of tongue cancer four years ago. I avoided chemo though. 
Best wishes 

BOT cancer is largely HPV+ve and has an excellent prognosis. Oh and leave Google alone 

Hi Alex. Have a read ig our blogs. We are all different but they are honest accounts 

Hazel 

Hello. I’m 1 year post treatment for tonsil & lymph mode hpv 16 positive. I had a PEG & 6 weeks chemoradiation. 6 x chemo & 30 x radio. Feel free to ask anything. 

Hi Blod, I'm in for 6 weeks radio& 2 sessions of chemo, but I dont know how many days that is, or if its pill/drip.  How was it for you, did you lose weight/hair during this part of the treatment?

Did you have teeth extracted before?  Did they restore ok?

Thanks Beesuit, I will be having 6 weeks radio, and 2 sessions of chemo, how did it make you feel?  Did you lose weight, hair, teeth?

How long after did you feel physically better?

Did you get depressed?

Alex 

The RT makes you lose a little hair at the nape of your neck and at the front where the beam hits. So if you have a beard you’ll lose a bit for a while. Cisplatin can make you  nauseous and affect your hearing but at the doses we get it leaves our hair alone 

I was in a fair bit of pain with the mucositis ( mouth ulcers etc) but once I got pain treatment organised it was a case of head down and get on. 
It’s a challenge no doubt but I did it at 67/68 and I’m good four years later 

Hello. I had a dental check up but didn’t need anything doing I had bilateral tonsillectomy then PEG fitting then mask fitting then 6 weeks of treatment. Treatment was Monday - Friday for 6 weeks, travelling to & from the hospital each day. 
Every Monday was chemo followed by radio, then Tues & Weds just radio, Thurs was radio then clinic with my oncologist then bloods taken  & Fri just radio. 
Chemo was Cisplatin via a drip. 
My hair thinned quite a lot with the chemo & radio left me with a bald crescent from ear to ear at the back of my head  It grew back ok, but with a bit of a curl 

I lost about a stone & a half - but had deliberately gained half a stone prior to treatment 

If you click on my name you can add me as a friend for direct messaging if you’d like. 

My husband is starting chemo Thurs for base of the tongue for nine weeks followed by seven weeks of radiotherapy so in same position, bit apprehensive