Hi there this is the first time I've joined an online forum . My husband was today at his ENT appointment diagnosed with a 1A grade (i think) lesion on his right vocal cord . We were taken in a little room and given the bad news . Im on shock . He had...
Hi everyone, I'm nearing the end of week 2 of husband's radiotherapy and I'm feeling incredibly anxious. He's feeling good very little side effects yet. But after everything I've been reading I'm so anxious about the side effects beginning and worried...
Hello I'm new here. I have Tongue and Throat Cancer! I have to start my Radiotherapy Tuesday 16th December. But they can only give me Palliative care. which means A lower dose of radiotherapy. Because my body will not take the full amount of radio....
New her and just been told without surgery I have a max of 9 month.so afraid of what could lie ahead as I’m told tongue and voice box would be taken away and left speechless permanently will also need a tube in the throat to be able to Brest all to much...
Hi Everyone, I'm a 71 guy living in the USA. I have recently been diagnosed with HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma on the base of my tongue. Stage II but no lymphnode involvement or metastasis. I start treatment mid-December. 7 weeks of radiotherapy...
Today I went through the first stage of tests to see if I can go on a new gene therapy trial which might help my saliva glands to become active again. Just to explain my background briefly: 3.5 years ago I was diagnosed with left tonsil cancer with...
Hi. I found a lump in March last year and was finally diagnosed last September. Previously I had breast cancer in 2012. I was told my cancers weren’t connected as this one was HPV related. I was assured my treatment would be curative. I won’t lie, it...
Hello. I am new to this or any forum. I had a swollen gland that didn't go down. It turned out to be an SC carcinoma in the lymph node. This was removed along with all of the nodes in the left side of my neck with a fairly major neck dissection. It was...
I just wanted to say hi to everyone as l am new to this group as l have just joined, still navigating how this forum works ,wanted to just connect with people who have experienced having neck cancer
Me again, just looking through appointments ahead of beginning chemoradiotherapy next week and realised we don't have an appointment with Speech & Language, Dietician and Macmillan nurse until the beginning of week 5. Is this normal ? It seems a bit far...
