Hi all! I have recently been diagnosed with cancer in my neck somewhere caused by HPV. I am waiting for the results of the PET scan and will hopefully have an MRI scan next week or so. Over the last couple of weeks I have been constantly thinking of all...
Hi everyone i have been diagnosed with vocal chord cancer diagonosis Was april 2022 i am struggling ti come ti terms with this diagnosis i son know how to think
Hi, this is my first time on here. My husband who is 55 was diagnosed with HPV+ tonsil cancer in October 2021.The tumour was T4 with a lot of cancer on his tongue also. He started chemo radiotherapy on 29 October 2021 and finished treatment on 16th December...
So a wee update, started combined chemo yesterday. Sadly couldn’t get on the international CUP trial due to cell type. But on the Uk one where DNA sequencing will be carried out which may lead to other trials! So had a restless night (think steroids...
Hi & Hello Everyone I am in a bit of a state and maybe I am over worrying so a bit of background I am a 55 year old woman and since I was a child I have been absolutely petrified of the dentist due to a very traumatic experience in the 70's. Since...
Hello, I'm new here, new to the possibility of having cancer myself. My mother passed from Breast Cancer 10+ years ago now, and whilst it was always at the back of my head that because of that. Macmillan supported me as a teenager so it's the first...
My husband has recently been diagnosed with cancer in the neck, potentially in lymph nodes, primary unknown. He is very early weeks of diagnosis, has had MRI, CT, biopsies and just had a Panendoscopy and more biopsies. We await his appt next week following...
Hi everyone, Matt here. 6 weeks ago I had my nose and left eye removed and a neck dissection. Following months of ENT visits they finally diagnosed Squamous carcinoma, it was a total shock and within 4 weeks I had my operation. I’m starting radiotherapy...
Morning, so my radiotherapy finished on Friday (soft palate and neck) and since then I’ve felt quite poorly. Pain in my throat with swallowing and if I take a deep breath in. I was like this 3 weeks ago and was admitted for a feeding tube and they started...
Hi, my husband is currently on week 5 of radiotherapy for treatment for tongue cancer. He is doing well despite big weight loss and only receiving food supplements through his feeding tube into his tummy as not able to eat/drink orally. Biggest problem...
