Update last day today, 2 machines down so an hours wait but now at least treatment is over & his on his way to hopefully getting better quickly. They are all so surprised, no bad mucous still, only 2 tiny white sore patches and still no pain. Propolis...
Hello. I’m in week 8 post treatment for tonsil & lymph node hpv 16 I had 30 sessions of radiotherapy & 6 of chemo. I am eating yoghurts, soft fruits & mousse type desserts. My dietician is pushing for me to eat more textures & generally just more! I am...
Good Afternoon, This is my 2nd Post - Oh my! Thank you - everyone was so helpful in respect of my post. Hubby goes tomorrow to specialist dentist for teeth to be checked (for sure he'll need work as our own Dentist indicated this) my concern is -...
Hell My mum finished radiotherapy in April this year for throat cancer she is still very poorly. Mucus is still terrible with a burning throat. It's almost eight weeks since she finished her treatment but she still can't eat or drink anything and has...
This is great news for patients in Wales healthandcareresearchwales.org/.../first-welsh-patient-ground-breaking-treatment-throat-cancer I wonder if they are here on the forum
So my partner has recently had surgery, a neck dissection, tosillectomy & mucosectomy. We thought this was bad enough & hoped it would get all the cancer hpv16, but no... he now has to have 30 radiotherapy sessions over 6weeks. Terrified is an understatement...
Hello First time post here & wanted to connect & say hi. In February I was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (T1N3M0). It came as a complete shock and really floored me. Treatment began quite quickly and I’m just about to finish my third cycle...
Now my husband has to go through Chemotherapy as the cancer is coming back and spreading along his neck. Feeling saddness and struggle to quit my job to take care of our 6 years old son.
Hi. My Dad has a parotid tumour which is malignant. Spread from a squamous cell scalp carcinoma. The so called professionals (his GP etc) have been useless. They haven’t treated him, but just passed him from one doctor to another. I feel he’s been discriminated...
Hi, I'm a bit confused with computers so fingers crossed someone can read this. I finished radiotherapy last September and all seems to be going pretty well, but I noticed my saliva glands were a little bigger, then they got a lot bigger and now HUGE...
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