Hello all!
I hope I've found the right place to air mums laundry with like minded people.
Mum is 66 years old and has been through the mill, 5 years ago lung cancer, 3 years ago breast cancer and now SSC has reared its ugly head.
She's had a bad throat, difficulties swallowing and went to GP in January. She goes to all appointments with her husband. I think she hears what's been told to her but doesn't really listen and take it in.
Being her 3rd cancer, I think she turns up to appointments/scans etc as she knows its path of the course and is just focusing on being compliant. Words fly round the room but she's not wanting to take it in. Just attend, phone calls, tests.
She's had biopsies/ needle guided biopsies and biopsies under anaesthetic. MRI, CT, Xray and PET scans. She's had a tooth removed last Friday and another 2 this week.
She says the tumour is at the base of her tongue and/or tonsil. It's got to be treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 30 sessions radio/6 Chemo. It is SSC, the exact same cancer we lost her brother to before he reached 40 years old. She's also needing another biopsy to the parotid gland.
I'm not sure why I'm waiting this but just need to vent I suppose.
Wishing you all the best x
Oh your poor mum and poor you. You’re caught up with this and feeling helpless
I was 68 when I was treated for base of tongue cancer and I’m 7 years clear now. The treatment is pretty pants but it works and we get through it.
I don’t know how your mum reacted to the previous treatment but this will be hard and she will need a fair bit of support.
Stay with us. We will help as much as we can.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Sorry, just emotional
Heavens, don’t apologise. The last two weeks and two weeks after treatment end are the worst but you know we get through it day by day. We do get better
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
