Hubby newly diagnosed laryngeal cancer

Hi. I too was 61 when diagnosed I’m a wimp but I did it 35 radiotherapy and 2 x 10 hour chemo . Where exactly is your hubby’s cancer ! Tell us a little more we might be able to offer more info. My cancer was in my tonsil. It’s hard but doable. 
We’re all happy to help. Sorry you’ve found yourself on here. 

Hszel 

Hi my hubbys cancer is above the vocal chords from what we can make out 

hes been having regular 8 week check ups with the camera down and the debulking of the tissue has now exposed the tumour but its taken 3 operations to find it 

the vocal chords are ok and as my hubby is adamant he wants to keep his voice the surgeon is going down this route 

my hubby only had a croaky voice which he went to the doctor with this was 5th August last year

we have had our lives on hold really since then as couldn’t arrange holidays or anything because of the check ups 

Apparently hubby is an unusual case his swallowing isnt good now and he’s constantly coughing up mucus which i know will probably get worse before it gets better 

thanks for replying its all very daunting but at least we have a diagnosis now and can move forward .

Just a side note they think its industrial and paddive smoking as hubby has been around chemicals and gasses during his career and all his family smoked a lot .

Hi there’s also a laryngeal chat  Larynx cancer forum 

plus will tag a couple of our guys in here . chris2012 snd MikeO  who  will be able  to help. 
Stick with us everyone will help. 
Hazel 

Hi foreverstingfan. I had similar mine was above voicebox. Confirmed Jan 2022. Swallowing and mucus troubles are common and he should be getting help with these.

I had 30 radiotherapy sessions and all went well.  I lost my voice for a while but it returned  no further treatment and all going OK. 

Good luck and trust your team 

Thank you for your replies this is all good to know appreciate it .

Good evening Foreverstingfan, sorry to be reading this i had 3 operations in a period of 3 years to chase down my cancer with radio and chemo after my first operation, they were all in the lower jaw area including my voicebox. We all react differently to the treatment and have differences when it comes to the side effects, pain, and recovery, thankfully i did not have really bad side effects but i think it also depends on which area of the mouth is being treated. Through experience reading people's posts here, the tonsil area seems to be one of the worst areas so hopefully he will be like me and not suffer too much. Its great to hear the consultant is confident the treatment will cure the cancer making all the previous operations worthwhile, my consultant was very much like this and never gave up despite the setbacks so it gave me a lot of trust and confidence in him getting a positive result. I also worked in a hazardous environment working in a shipyard welding,etc , smoking and drinking certainly do not help but i think it's hard to pinpoint why certain people get cancer. It sounds as if you both have a positive determined attitude which in my opinion goes a long way, i always adopted the attitude of dealing with things a day at a time accepting i would have good and bad days.I wish you and your husband all the best for the upcoming treatment, take care.

                                                                                      Chris x

P.S has a feeding tube been mentioned or does he have one fitted due to the operations ?   

Thank you this is good to know appreciate the info .

Thanks Hazel xx

Hi chris thanks for your reply its really helpful 

no hubby doesn’t have feeding tube and is managing food pretty good to be honest but we think that might change when treatment starts 

we are keeping very positive and i know we will get through this 

the surgeon has been amazing throughout and we trust him and know this is the right path 

thanks again its really appreciated.