Has anyone had radiotherapy on their cheek ? I have been told that they might not be able save my eye and I may lose my hearing. Has this been the experience of others ? Thanks
Hi everyone only just joined so my husband was diagnosed last April with oropharyngeal cancer, surgery wasn’t an option so he has a PEG fitted and had chemo then chemo radiation now treatment has ended and he has had his post treatment scan and will get...
I was wondering if anyone could provide advice on the following: I have read a number of posts where people don't have a primary site am I correct in assuming that if I have a lesion on my tongue this is my primary? The consultant provides me with...
I am 3 months post treatment for throat cancer. I had the standard 6 weeks of chemo radiation. I am still mostly fed via a PEG but am trying to eat more normal foods. Nothing tastes normal yet and most things taste unpleasant. Is this normal? How long...
Hi All Thank you all so much for your all your responses to my initial contact, I now have more stupid questions Firstly: I wanted to put a general thank you on my last discussion but couldn't see how (I am a luddite to be fair) Cisplatin, anti...
Hi all found a lump in my neck after Covid and thought it was an enlarged lymph related to the covid, but it did not go away. Referred in to a consultant who said treat it as cancer and it has been a month or so of tests, still no clear primary, although...
Hi , new to this type of thing . I am in the process of recovering from HPV tongue cancer going into my Lympth node . My Treatment finished start of December 2022 6 weeks of Radio and 2 lots of Chemo , I was thinking I was over the worse once the...
After having a salvage next dissection which basically involved removing everything he could leaving a few millimetres in two spots . Obviously this isn't good but surgeon said they can keep an eye on it after surgery. He did say there was one or two...
I'm back....I had my surgery on 5th Dec, margin removed around the tonsil and neck dissection, I'm still recovering eating ok very slowly though but my mouth on the right side still very sore when I eat there's nothing to see it's under the tongue and...
Hi I'm new I had Thoat cancer 8 moths into recovery still having problems with dry mouth and food culo face still very swollen too culo
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