New here and looking for support and advice. My husband is having his voice box removed tomorrow, I am so scared of what to expect after surgery and how life will be. He has been in hospital for the last 12 days being tube feed as worried food going...
Hello A year ago I had an operation for v aggresive stage 4 maxillary cancer - most of the maxilla was removed of and replaced with what seemed like most of my L leg (free flap fibula). This was followed by radiotherapy BUT, a few days ago, I was told...
Hi I've been on & off this forum over the last couple of years & always found it really helpful. I have an awful taste in my mouth, like sour milk. My surgeon says its not my mouth, & when I Google it, it suggests acid reflux. I don't have reflux...
I had salivary gland cancer found in lymph node 11 years ago so was classed as meteststic. They never found the primary source but a neck dissection was all the treatment I needed. I was finally discharged after 10 years(last year). I found a lump in...
I am about to start 6 weeks radiotherapy and chemo for my tongue scc hpv+ cancer. The oncologist painted a really bad picture of the side effects of radiotherapy and said I need a PEG fitted before I start as I won't be able to swallow or eat or anything...
A friend got me these. They are nutritionally balanced and have 550 cals per carton. I showed them to my dietician who seemed to like the look of them. On the website, it says they are aimed at people who are unable to eat. They aren’t cheap £15.80 for...
My husband has been recently diagnosed with cancer on his tongue. He's had a tonsillectomy. He's just had 4 out of 6 teeth removed in preparation for radiotherapy starting next month. He's having a feeding tube put in on Monday. All very scary and...
Hello everyone. I am new to this so please bear with me. I had stage 2 Nasopharyngeal cancer and had an operation (TORS) to remove it last November. Was told I was cancer free after 5 weeks in hospital and eventually sent home with a PEG. After 2 further...
Hi all Five year on from First Neck dissection I am going to be fitted with a PEG due to swallowing difficulties (my worst nightmare) I suppose it had to happen sometime but it was still a shock. I would appreciate it if someone who is using a PEG...
Hi, My husband was diagnosed with throat cancer, right Vallecula SCC with right neck metastatic disease p16 positive squamous cell carcinoma, in November 2021. He has finished his chemo and radiotherapy and all things point to it having been successful...
