Hello All, I hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas as much as they possibly could. I was a wee bit ambitious with having a Puff Pastry Steak Pie for dinner. However, I could not chew the beef as it was way too dry. I did manage most of the pastry...
Insomnia is my biggest grind. See attached.
Hi any comments on surgery in jaw for jaw cancer, and removing lymph nodes and nerves. Then 6 wks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy I find that my lower lip has become deformed enabling me to dribble uncontrollably down my shits/ tops, desk or worktops...
Hi, I'm no artist, but I've found it useful to code my symptoms
I know for many of us forumites this Christmas may seem anything but merry. However, I want to wish everyone - those who are joining us because they are scared they have symptoms, those in the early stages of diagnosis, those in treatment, those recovering...
Hello, I've been on two weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for tonsil cancer The steroids have increased my weight and what I think is a large heat rash is around my trouser waist and inner thigh. It sooths with e45, is not itchy, but seems sudden...
Hello, and peace to all this season. Steve: Tonsil Cancer Stage 2: HPV Well into the last day of week 2. It's starting to move on now. I have some mild side effects, but nothing unmanageable yet. Mainly a regular cough. I have had no need of pain...
Hello i went to my GP in early summer. She gave me an urgent 2 week referral to dermatologist but unfortunately the dermatologist got it wrong. Said ‘ doesn’t look like cancer’ and she gave me a bottle of shampoo and some ointment which I use for two...
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