Hi there, just over 2 years ago I had a partial glossectomy done, front/side area. Recently I have been getting a tooth/jaw pain which comes and goes. I wondered whether it could be nerve related (neuralgia), damaged nerves partially regenerating...
Looking for some help with finding a suitable product to aid the securing of my RIG tube/valve. I am now permanently NBM and rely on the RIG for all nutrition including the ingestion of water. The RIG is a little less secure than a PEG (now having had...
Hello all I had my first follow up. and the nurse said it was normal to have flecks of blood in my mucus, particularly in the morning. I'm sure they are right, but it does seem alarming first thing. Any thoughts?
On January 2nd 2021 I lowered myself wearily from the Varian RT table after the final one of my 30 sessions and braced myself for The Recovery, which, if I’m honest, was very hard going for a good few weeks. Yesterday, January 24th 2023, I had my 2...
It's my last day of treatment. Yay! Bell ringing time. Something that has developed over the last 48 hours seems odd. I just can't stop producing excessive saliva. It's not sticky. There is just so much of it. Any thoughts. Steve
Hello dear people, i was thinking of you while we were in Croatia and Australia. So, thats the reason I wasn’t with you guys I had my first PET scan last week, and oncologist was happy and positive as all is good. Still have ulcer at the place was...
I'm glad that I'm excersising, but I could really do without this excessive saliva. Generally I'm in that zombie land of waiting for the follow up scan and my consultant still trying to get a feeding tube in me. (Never) Im eating enough, but have lost...
Just wanted to write a short note that a great life is on the cards after treatment. Here I am living a bloomin good and active life on the small holding with my husband Stan, despite all the ups and downs of treatment and recovery ,of sore mouth and...
My husband has completed 3 weeks of chemo radiotherapy, struggling with eating , I expect he’ll be able to feed through Peg from Monday, luckily that’s all ready to go and will take some pressure off him. He has some nasty sores in his mouth, specialist...
