Hi i was diagnosed with throat cancer and secondary lymph in March. I’ve had my 30 x radiotherapy and 5 x chemo (couldn’t do the 6th due to sickness) and finished treatment at the end of May. I’m back up and running, eating okayish! It’s the tastes...
Hi Hubby had been given a nebuliser ti help with the mucus caused by radiotherapy. He’s been told to use it every 2 hours and each session takes around 20 minutes . he’s not sleeping because of the mucus and having to clear every hour through the...
Hi all. I’ve recently had a parotidectomy and the results came back as a high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma with lymph node metastasis, classified as stage 3. It was unexpected as my original biopsy suggested a low grade tumour. Now waiting to start...
Hi All, I’m new here and just wanted to say hello. Had operation to remove tongue cancer 6 months ago and lymph nodes removed from neck Seemed to go o.k. But a few weeks back got a persistent sore throat and tongue, feeling very lethargic. Tried...
Hi i have been on here before but back in 2015 whrh my brother had mouth cancer but sadly passed away . This time my husband has tongue /tonsil cancer with lymph node involvement. No surgery or chemo but 35 lots of radiotherapy . He’s has 9 more...
Hi. New to the group. Diagnosed 20 Feb. Parotidectomy 20 Mar. Awaiting radiotherapy to start. Diagnosis changed from low grade to high grade....terrified !!
Hi, I'm a 48 male and from Dorset. I was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour on April 3rd. I had 'successful' surgery to remove the tumour on May 10th and after 16 days in hospital I went home. I have had a PEG tube fitted but only used for the first...
Hi…. Anyone completed the pathos trial? so had surgery removed tonsil and lymph nodes! starting radiotherapy in 2 weeks! As you will know if you’re on it or completed it, it’s to trial lower radiation to see if better side effects? so wondering...
Hello I have terminal mouth and neck cancer and this is my 1st message here so have no idea how it works.I would like to speak to anyone who has the same diagnosis as me.Thanks.
A year ago I had covid and got a sore throat. Looked down my throat with a torch and saw an odd growth out of my right tonsil area ( no other symptoms). Got it looked at by GP and then biopsy at hospital where they cut a large chunk out. Followed by 30...
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