Now the battle begins

Good luck with your journey, hope it goes as well as can be expected.

Hi  - I had a Hanibal mask (as you put it!) and 6 weeks of radiotherapy and 2 chemos. The mask didn't bother me at all - either having it made or using it for each of the sessions. After my Radiotherapy finished, they asked me if I would like to take it home as a souvenir. (I passed on that!) I didn't have a nasal tube - I had ( have) a PEG tube. I hated it At first, but it's just part of my life that keeps me alive at the moment. Hope all goes well for you Steve

Good luck with the treatment.  I believe there ae some ongoing trials about reducing the amount of radiation patients have (maybe others can verify) so your "reduced" treatment may end up being just as successful as the "full" treatment.

Hi Steve, I won't bother having the mask or the tube either for the same reason. I will keep my mask, my mate is a fantastic tattoo artist so i'll get her to do a design on it, it'll turn something not so nice into something lovely. All  the best with your treatment.

Hi, it's purely down to the fact i had a fungal lung infection back during the first lock down and was in hospital for 5 wks. Because of that i lost weight, which i couldn't afford to do in the first place ( I've always been the type to struggle putting weight on } and has left my lungs stuffed.  If i hadn't have had that i'd have been ok and they would have operated etc. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will be. Hope your doing ok

Thank you