Good afternoon. I recently was diagnosed with a sinus tumour and little bit in lymph node. It does have a name yet no idea how to spell it, nasal something! I'm starting chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the 13th November yet I'm really struggling with tiredness already. Is this normal and any ideas what I can do as I understand the treatment will make me tired just I'm absolutely knackered now?
Many thanks for any idea's and I hope you are all ok.
Many thanks. Rich
Hi Rich
T2N1M0 tonsil cancer HPV+
I finished Chemoradio in June 2023....
August before any real improvement noticed....September brought some major improvements....I still get some twinges in throat and mouth....and yes fatigue does still hit me me unexpectedly....I use a flipstick when out and about.....handy thing.
I'm not 100% by any means ...but things do certainly improve with time.
Take care
Peter
I finished radio + chemo 1 Sept '23, so just over 6 months ago. Life is very much getting back to normal.
Remaining issues:
fatigue, need to sleep for an hour in the afternoon.
dry mouth, carry water everywhere and xylimelts at nights.
taste is returning (mostly in the past 6 weeks or so) but still not there. Coffee still gone, cheese still gone, but chocolate has returned!
Back to work, planning journeys, picking up hobbies again. Overall very happy at this point.
Mike
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