My name is Liz , I am 76 years old. I suffered all the usual during and after effects of the radiotherapy. ie. Skin blisters on my neck burn , mouth ulcers , oral thrush , liquid diet, dry mouth , altered taste which all improved by 8 weeks after the...
Hello. I have cancer of my right tonsil and tongue base, also lymph node. I'm HPV 16 positive. I've been feeling really brave and positive, but as treatment looms, it's starting to fade slightly. I have my RIG fitting tomorrow morning at 11 and I...
Hello all, So husband finished treatment mid February, and yesterday, to simply put it, was the most frightening time of both of our lives. Husband woke up, went to the loo, sitting on the loo for ages, came out into the bedroom, looked out of the...
I have had issues with my right nasal cavity for quite a few months now. I can feeLsomething up there. I have had nose bleeds and sometimes just bloody when I blow my nose. I sometimes get a nasal drip. However the last 4/6 months my jaw has started with...
Hi Everyone, In August last year my world changed dramatically when I was diagnosed with throat cancer. After the 1st bout of treatment of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for 6 weeks in total, I've recently had the usual PT scan and along with MRI, where...
(I posted this in the wrong place originally) I wanted to say hello! I'm going to try to not moan too much because I know how hard a lot of people suffer bot just physically but emotionally because they have cancer.I have watched it take away a large...
Just saying Hi and to introduce myself… I was diagnosed in March with tonsil cancer after I found a lump in my neck in December 2024, biopsy showed cancer in my neck lymph nodes, this was not the primary, sent for a PET scan, nothing came back, they...
Hi folks - not been on a little while - went for results of my petct scan and feels like starting again. I’ve been through chemo and radiotherapy but looks like cannier cells are still present. Next is biopsy’s under general anaesthetic- throat and...
My partner finished his Chemo/radiotherapy 8 months ago for tongue cancer. Since then he can't taste anything and also doesn't produce any saliva. He eats very little and i could do with some ideas and advice about what I can give him to stimulate his...
Hi Everyone Sorry I wasn't sure which section to put this in but felt I wanted to ask this question in this forum as I think we have specific challenges. I started my treatment on Monday this week, for tonsil, tonsillar pillar and base of tongue cancer...
