Hi I'm new to the group I've been diagnosed with T3 laryngeal cancer in June been told can't have chemotherapy due to heart problems don't want radiation therapy so going for full removal. Hoping I made correct move
I came looking for support. My husband has oral cancer - a growth on his tongue, at the back where it joins. It was a small thing discovered by the dentist. Everyone at first was pleased it had been diagnosed early, and he was told it wasn’t an aggressive...
Hello everyone, my mum is now about to start wk4 of her RT for tonsil cancer. We are at the stage that even mashed/sloppy food is too difficult to get down. She’s tried ice cream, gravy, yoghurt….now I know (and you know) she will have to have the NG...
Hi, im a 58 yr old female 3 weeks ago I was sent into hospital with what my doctor thought was quinsy. I had a swollen neck gland for a couple of months and also a lump on my soft palate. The doctor at A&E also thought quinsy and I was admitted on 24hr...
Hi all, I'm a HPV neck and throat cancer patient that has recently had the good news that I am now in remission following a real journey of ups and downs over the last 9 months. And for some reason, during my treatment and recovery period, I never thought...
Hello all, I hope you are doing ok.. My partner is 8 months post chemo radiation for T3N0M0 Larynx SCC. We returned home from a lovely holiday in Majorca last week but whilst we were away, his voice became quite raspy and still is. He is due a check...
Diagnosed 2 weeks ago. Awaiting mri and ct results Monday. So many questions and fears
Surgery in a month, concerned about the ICU part of recovery. Cancer appears to have been triggered by two separate tumours requiring radiotherapy, namely pharynx and upper oesophagus which were 3 years apart.
35 sessions of radiotherapy 2 chemotherapy sessions and a neck dissection was easier to do than use this site still don’t know if anyone out there will see this
I was diagnosed with throat cancer (hypopharynx squamous cell carcinoma HSCC) in Nov 2024 and started combined chemo and radiation therapies at the end of Dec 2024. The treatment was very, very challenging for me an my family and the side effects became...
