Hi all I am here because my mum was diagnosed with tonsil cancel stage2 She is 64 and she smoked cigaretts for 44 years.She is having radiotherapy and little bit of chemo therapy.I am so worried becuse she oesn't feel well during treatment.Is this all...
Hi, am the parent of a 19 year old with secretory carcinoma of the parotid gland with a gene mutation NTRK. This is their 2nd time to have cancer and the cancers aren't related. 1st time round they had Hodgkins Lymphoma with chemotherapy and no radiation...
However not sure how long the benefits of palliative radiotherapy may last, any thoughts from other recipients would be appreciated
Hi, I have just been diagnosed with throat cancer, the consultant told me it is on my vocal cords and is pretty confident that he can remove most of it with surgery and then radiotherapy to get the remainder. Can anyone please help me to understand what...
Hi. I’ve posted on here before but have been offline for a long while ‘trying’ to get on with things. Long and short of it, in July 2022 during my 7th Oesophagus Dilatation (throat stretch) my Oesophagus was torn during the procedure. As a result, I had...
Hi I'm new here and my partner has recently completed chemo and radiotherapy for tonsil cancer that is also in back of tongue. (Feb 16th actually) he's doing really I think considering, he has already reduced morphine and is only taking pregabalin and...
Just wanted to say hello and share my cancer story in hope I can get and provide some support and help. I am in my mid 40s and I was diagnosed with cancer in January and had my operation in Feb. Extremely tough experience but recovering very well at...
I've had 15 sessions of radiotherapy with 15 more to go. My taste went after 10. Everything I try tastes absolutely awful. Even my toothpaste tastes disgusting. I really hate to try to eat so using peg for nourishment. I'm drinking 2 ltd of water as directed...
Hi all the wife will be starting chemo at the QE in Birmingham in the next week or 2. Just wondering if anyone could break down what a day in chemo is like for us. She was told it would be 8 hours and just has so many simple questions like so you...
sadly, i have found i cannot afford to pay for the swale cvs who do charitable transport to and from hospital, way out of my price range, so am having to use patient transport, just wondered if anyone else has encountered this, when i have the ladies...
