Hello
I saw my oncologist today for an 8 month checkup. All good & I’m making ‘excellent progress & recovery’.For anyone at the start of this journey have faith that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Hi Blod onwards and upwards before you know ut you’ll be like me 4.5 years almost since treatment finished.
Hugs Hazel x
Hazel aka RadioactiveRaz 35 radiotherapy and 2 chemo 3 rd cancelled. HPV tonsil cancer 7 lymph nodes. 8 years post treatment living a great life.
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Hi. I can eat most foods now. Struggle with bread, rice, or dry foods. Can’t eat anything even slightly spicy. Still prefer sweet things to savoury & have a nasty taste in my mouth most of the time. It only goes when I eat then comes back immediately afterwards. Coffee & tea now taste horrible. Used to love chocolate but find it hard to eat plus it tastes weird. BUT I did manage fish & chips last week so take that as a huge step forward. I have gravy with most savoury things & often need cream/ icecream with drier sweet things.
have a nasty taste in my mouth most of the time. It only goes when I eat then comes back immediately afterwards
Hi Blod. I was exactly the same and despaired of ever being right but by 3 years it was largely ok.
Hi Blod. Your words resonate with me I too was exactly the same. Now I still can’t do spicy but am fine with most other foods.
well done Hazrl x
Hazel aka RadioactiveRaz 35 radiotherapy and 2 chemo 3 rd cancelled. HPV tonsil cancer 7 lymph nodes. 8 years post treatment living a great life.
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