I have had surgery to remove an HPV cancerous tumour on my right tonsil. I have read several of your stories about coping with the after effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and I’m so happy that I was given the option to have surgery or radiotherapy and I chose surgery. This was purely because of the timescale. I was told there would be a two week recovery period for surgery rather than six weeks radiotherapy and more weeks to recover from the treatment. My operation was five weeks ago and I was beginning to feel quite frustrated with my slow recovery. My speech has been affected which is frightening but I now realise that everyone is different and I must learn to be more patient and more kind to myself. I wish everyone all the best with whatever is going on in your life and best wishes for a speedy recovery for you all.
How fantastic that you could be treated with surgery alone. If you can avoid radiotherapy it's a godsend.
I wish you a speedy recovery
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
