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...
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.
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...
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...
Hi all. So I've had my results yesterday and I am so disappointed. First of all, maybe it's the way my oncologist is but she was very timid with it all. I had to actually ask her if she would deem the treatment as success, to which she said yes...
Hi all just to give a quick update had my results on Monday and got another all clear so very happy, very strange feeling so many emotions prior to getting the news preparing for the worst but hoping for best… this cancer came out of the blue last October...
Hi All, I finished 6 weeks of radiotherapy way back at the beginning of March, I had a feeding tube until Mid April. I began to eat small amounts of food, then gradually building up to my normal portions as of today in October. My PET scan came back clear...
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...
There are a couple of useful webinars from Oracle Head and Neck Cancer coming up. The next one this month is by Prof Kevin Harrington on immunotherapy and next month’s is about diet and eating after treatment. Our own PFJTHS is sharing his experience...
