Have found the forums and chats useful as I’ve moved from diagnosis towards treatment, and thought it might be useful for me and others on a similar timeframe.
I know this seems a bit trivial after all we are going through or have been through. I had to postpone a trip away in summer to celebrate feeling better post treatment because my thyroid gave up the ghost. We are going this weekend now I'm feeling a...
Hello, my husband finished RT and CT 4 weeks ago for tonsil cancer (T4N1). I would say he hit rock bottom in Wk 3 at home. He’s better this week, eating little and often and supplementing with Fortysips. He’s not using his PEG but maintains flushing....
Hello So we've just got back from seeing the oncologist and he's said the tumor in my husband's throat as grown after 3 cycles of Pembro immunotherapy treatment he said this can happen before it gets smaller so treatment will continue for another 2...
Hi all. 33 sessions of radiotherapy for thyroid cancer finished in June. I am 42. Before starting I had hospital dental appointment to check if any of my teeth needs removing, etc. Everything was fine, no removals. I was given advice on dental...
Hi all. I'm 3 months from finishing my 33 sessions of radiotherapy for thyroid cancer. Can anyone who had head and neck radiotherapy share a thought about healing of the inside of the neck please? Basically I feel things happening inside of my neck...
Hi I have neck cancer, which spread to two nodes in chest and then ribs. I had two rounds of cisplatin and 5fu and cetux, where I had such awful side effects which resulted me in wheelchair and housebound except for hospital appointments. My team stopped...
Hi everyone I'm now 9 weeks post treatment (6 weeks chemo-radiotherapy; tonsil cancer T3N0M0) and at my six week (7 1/2 week) review was hugely relieved to hear there's no sign of disease on examination. I made good progress in the early weeks but...
Hello, my husband completed 6 weeks radiotherapy almost 2 weeks ago (tonsil TN41). He had 2 rounds of chemo during treatment. We were advised that the 2 weeks after treatment ends can be rough too. He’s taking nutrition via PEG only (5/6 per day). He...
Hi. Hubby diagnosed with throat cancer for a second time after 8years cancer free from the first time round and the same cancer, treatable but not curable and without treatment as 6 to 12 months Started immunotherapy treatment in June and had CT scan...
