Hi new here and a little lost. Im 61 yrs old. October 25 diagnosis cancer in lymph node. Eventually found tumour on back of tongue. Two rounds of chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiotherapy. Three teeth pulled to be safe. Now dry mouth constantly and awaiting to go for Dissection to remove lymph nodes. Now I m just an emotional wreck. I was one before the cancer but now a hopeless one. How do people get through the emotional turmoil?
Hi Dave1189
Its really tough and a lot of us suffer PTSD
This isn’t the answer but it’s a start. Have a read of this piece by a clinical psychologist involved in cancer rehab
Do you have. Maggie’s attached to your hospital or nearby? They can be really helpful and you can just drop in to see them.
The mouth Cancer Foundation has a weekly Zoom you could join and the link is here
https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/support-groups/
Its a very friendly group with patients and clinicians giving support and practical advice
Lean on your team your CNS should be able to help here too
There is also The Swallows charity. There may be a group near you and they run a 24 hour support line, manned by people not AI
Hope some of this helps
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
HI and welcome to the group ,Cancer is one of those things that you can not control ,all you can do is put your faith and trust in your medical team and do exactly what they tell you to do your type of cancer is very curable. Try and carry on as normal as possible do things you enjoy doing if you can use your friends and family for support .Just think in a few months things will be better the first 6 to 8 weeks are the worst after radiotherapy but things do get much better .I have not had surgery as yet and hope i dont have to but from what others have said its not too bad the radiotherapy is a lot worse .Maybe talk to your team and see if they can prescribe something to calm you until you get through the worst .Keep posting on here there is always someone to talk to good luck .
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