Progressing, though every week brings new challenges...all of which are tolerable.... Weight dropping off due to mouth and throat pain ...loss of taste ...teams at Ninewells have been great...feed pump and training supplied today to enable weight gain...
I wanted to thank everyone who wished me well on my operation. It took 14.5 hours. What an amazing ENT team! I'm.at home now after 8 days in hospital. Fed with a tube for 4 days, now eating very small amounts at L6. Painful.toneat at times, but thats...
Hi everyone, It has been nine months since my cancer journey started with two operations, neck dissection and base of tongue robotic surgery, followed by six weeks of daily radiotherapy. The journey was not easy and had lots of twists and turns. Please...
Steve: Tonsil Cancer HPV16. Discharged 14 March. Now on regular checks. Well, I finished my treatment on the 20 January, and I was discharged on the 14 March. Since then I have been on follow up appointments. A few weeks ago the consultant didn't...
Good Morning Folk. Not been on in a while but just need to enquire, well maybe seek some reassurances. I am now 9 weeks post treatment and have managed to reduce fentanyl to 12 mcg. These past two weeks I have felt physically and emotionally shocking...
Hello I am new to this forum and not sure if anyone has covered this before. I had a follow up appointment last week and the Radiotherapy Specialist said I was on the wrong pain meds (Fentanyl and Oramorph) and should be on nerve blockers, she said...
Got a new diet motivation kit, and a new hat. x
[This turned out to be rather longer than I intended. I don't need help so please don't feel you have to read all (or any) of it.] It’s easy to remember when my treatment finished – it was New Year’s Eve (double dose to get it over with) 2021. So...
I am really struggling at the minute, I am not managing to get anything down orally at the minute because of gunk sticking in my throat. I am managing an extra fortisip but I am weaker now than I was a month ago I just don’t know what to do. I welcome...
Hi all, Ok, I am looking some advice. I was diagnosed with cancer in right tonsil & tumour right side of neck. I’ve never been told the TNM staging or even been shown a scan so not sure what stage it was at. I just remember being told it was treatable...
