MRI and start of anxiety!

Hi Spider

i have constant tinnitus in both ears. RT caused. It’s not uncommon. 
I bet your pain is psychosomatic, but real nevertheless

Like Dani I have tinnitus form my RT (not the chemo).  Like you I had a scan (CT in my case, but an MRI is better) and there was nothing found of concern.  Generally this won't be cancer but may be an enlarged blood vessel that is causing the "sounds".  PTSD hits us in many differing forms, just like our treatment does effect everyone in the same way.  Hopefully all will be clear on the 17th and you can relax a little.

Thanks Dani ,x

Thanks Peter

Hey Spider3 - I was treated in 2018. I’ve had Wellbeing Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and last year had an intensive EMDR for PTSD addressing a specific incident during my treatment that I was relieving.

The physical effect of cancer treatment can be brutal whether you have surgery, chemo, radio or all of the above however, the physiological trauma can be horrific whether you come out of the back of treatment to continue a relatively ‘normal’ life or if things need to be modified.

I am an over-thinker and catastrophising remains one of my less than favourable traits even now and I am treatment +8 years. I suffered terribly with ‘scanxiety’ from one check to another for three years. It is awful and I’ve no specific answer to offer how I dealt with it but I guess that trusting the process and listening to the medical team is the way to try to take solace from how you are progressing post-treatment.

I heard that head and neck cancer treatment can affect vision and hearing as a side effect but am unsure how that manifests but I’m sure your team will be on it 100%

Thanks Reevsey,

I've chatted to my CNS and she's looking into counselling for me ,also signed up for some more acupuncture and massage via cancer charity