Hello everyone. I’m three months post treatment. I was fortunate in that it wasn’t such a bad ride for me. I regained my sense of taste 3 weeks post treatment and can eat anything but have lost the joy of eating. Does it return? I have zero appetite....
Hi and Hello I had tonsil cancer in 2018 .I went through 30 days of radiation treatment and 6 chemo sessions. 6 years on I'm cancer Fred. I am really suffering from the late effects of radiation . I struggle swelling food . I get cramp on both sides...
In a nutshell my Partner has hpv p16 positive H&N cancer. Found in a very enlarged neck node. Despite all the scans, we still do not know where the primary is. We are very positive, I have a medical background but this is not familiar territory and despite...
Hi. Diagnosed with oral cancer on roof of mouth last week. Had ct and mri yesterday. All moving very fast. Specialist said will have op to remove growth on roof of mouth but waiting for mri and ct results. So scared it will show its spread somewhere else...
Hi all I’m still getting my head around the forums. I hope I’m on the head and neck for them as I’m not quite sure what I’m doing yet. Anyway, I’ve been recently diagnosed with an inoperable tumour that lies next to My left tonsil. I had all my left...
New to the forum. 5 weeks post surgery for stage 2 HPV driven tonsil cancer. Also had TORS procedure. Luckily no CRT needed. I’d really like to chat longer term recovery. My consultant has said ‘back to normal’ in 6 weeks but ‘normal’ seems a long way...
Hello everyone, I found a lump in my neck a few months ago. Fast forward through my GP appointment to meeting with my ENT consultant, I have been diagnosed with T1N1M0 HPV + head and neck cancer. The primary site is the right tonsil and the lump in...
My beloved partner of two years has neck cancer. We are three weeks post op neck resection and removal of parotid salivary and lymp nodes . Now awaiting radiotherapy end of august. It’s harrowing ! Anyone similar Plse ?
I am 66 years old and have been really fortunate that this is my first experience of hospital visits. Everything seems stressful at present, I guess I will just have to get used to it for a while. The treatment plan is to give me 6 weeks of radiotherapy...
Hello I'm new on here, this is all so overwhelming right now. My mother in law was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma on Thursday. Monday she was told she has 4 to 6 months maximum to live. We're all so lost, don't know where to turn. We feel like cats...
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