About a month ago my elderly dad discovered a lump on his neck on the left hand side it seamed to have come up out of no where.He went to the GP was referred under the two week guidelines,saw ent had biopsys and on Thursday last week we were told it's cancer of the partoid gland ....salavery gland...they can't tell us anything else untill he's had a full MRI scan done of his neck and head,plus Ct scans with contrast of his chest area and possibly his pelvis.Shock doesn't cover it.Hes already got the CT scan booked in for this week so hopefully will get the MRI done asap too,they said it would move fast.
Has anyone else of a similar age gone through this .I'm worried that at his age ,and with a heart issue that the treatment will be brutal and knock him for six...he's almost 80.
Trying not to think.too far ahead and take each day as it comes whilst not showing how scared im in front of my mum.amd dad.
Thankyou
Hi Paula, so sorry to read about your dad
It's not a common cancer here but there are a few folk and they may still be getting notifications from Macmillan
This
is the most recent thread about salivary gland cancer. You might like to post there as well and you might get a reply more quickly.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
