End of week 4/6 Radiotherapy - nausea

Hi Lorraine. I suffered with nausea all the way through once I started morphine so I put it down to that. I was tube fed by pump overnight and didn’t eat so it didn’t really matter. I was offered metoclopramide ( an antiemetic) which did very little for me. 
Maybe ask if you can try an antiemetic though I’m not convinced our teams consider nausea much of a problem unless it makes us vomit all the time. 

Hi Lorraine

You're doing very well ...some, including myself, would have given up on eating by now and be reliant on tube feeding.

Nausea? have you spoken to oncology about anti-emetics? I had Chemoradio for tonsil cancer ...I was given various anti-emetics to combat nausea

It is a tough treatment and recovery....stick in there,  things will improve....just takes time.

How are the kittens doing?

Peter

Hi I’m new to this so here goes. My husband was finally diagnosed with right side tonsil cancer with lymph nodes in January .After endless scans. Blood tests and biopsies he will be starting treatment on the 11th March which will be 6 weeks of radiation with weekly chemotherapy. He is trying to stay strong for me, but if I’m not crying then all I want to do is scream. How do you all cope.

Hi and welcome to our little community

Miserable said:

How do you all cope.

The cliché is a day at a time. 
The good news is that this cancer is curable. Rates are over 90% so hold onto that. 
The treatment is really rubbish but it’s just two months of acute side effects out of your life of  then a slow recovery. 
It’s hard for carers but imagine how difficult it is for the patient worrying not only about himself but his partner. 
When I was diagnosed my first thought was that I would be a burden on my husband but I pulled myself together and just got through. 
Hold  him up when he needs you but hold yourself too. Take time out for yourself even if it’s just a coffee out with a friend when you don’t talk about cancer 

You do it because you have to  

Stay with us  there’s always somebody here to talk to 

You’re right. One day at a time is the way to go. Thankyou. Although it’s a horrible situation I’m glad that there’s others that know how I’m feeling.

Hi

T2N1M0 Tonsil cancer HPV16 plus finished chemoradio June 2023

Scared and quite lost to start, no choice but to knuckle down and get on with it....the treatment is very challenging but it doesn't last forever... take all the help you can get from oncology teams, make sure you have plenty of pain meds, stay away from Dr Google....use NHS and Macmillan sites.... keep the forum updated with your progress....loads of support and sound advice from others who have walked the walk.

Take care 

Peter 

Hi

im starting 6th March for same

daunting I know but all these people on here are an inspiration to us all

maybe we can be buddies throughout our journey husband and yourself 

Hi welcome from me as well. How do we cope. 
one day at a time time was how I coped I  didn’t look too far ahead. Took notice of my team they are/ were the experts. Told them how I felt and asked for help when I needed it. It’s better than the alternative so got my head down and now living a fab life in happy and healthy. 

My hubby was my lifeline he did everything possible for he. I made him meet a friend for coffee 2 reasons one for his sanity and 2 gave me  space. It’s an all time consuming trio we’re on a treadmill we can’t get off   That’s not ti say I didn’t have the odd meltdown usually say crying on kitchen floor at 0300. Then crawl back to bed ready tj start the next days treatment. It doesn’t last forever and we have a great response to our treatment hang on to that fact. 
stick with us we’re a small friendly bunch. 
hugs 

Hazeln

Hi Lorraine welcome e from me. I’m one of the lucky ones didn’t suffer nausea but know many who did ask your team tomorrow for different anti emetics there’s lots of others. A grunts of mine eventually after a few weeks found one that suited her by trial and error. 
Hazel xx

Thankyou so much.x