My Sister-in-Law has recently been diagnosed with Breast cancer and is soon to start chemotherapy. She had an appointment with a *local oncologist this afternoon and she and my brother spoke with an Oncology Nurse afterwards. When I asked if it was a...
Hi, i saw my consultant a couple of days ago, who said he was going to do a shorter op because of my weight loss and previous lung problem and was pleased i'd got a plan of action. I got a call from my cancer nurse yesterday saying that she and her...
Well I in week 4 and hospital! Dehydration and kidney trauma.I still can't drink very well eating is non existent and painful. I have to say I am pretty low. It's all so painful, I'm repeatedly told it's early days for hyphophangeal cancer because of...
Hi Everyone, All my pre treatment bits done, just waiting for my first RT next Thursday 3rd. A little bit apprehensive and I'm not good at waiting, so thought I'd pop in here to 'ramble' at you lovely people I don't have anyone to talk 'at', so I hope...
Hi Everyone, |Just a quick update.... I completed my 35th Radio & 2 Cisplatin chemo 2 weeks ago now. I could not have my 3rd chemo afterall, after developing an infection & spending my final week of treatment in hospital. They never did find the...
Hi everyone. Sorry to moan but I am a bit down. First the good news, saw my consultant last week and all good. However, I have had 2 viruses in the last 2 months (one of them covid) and they have really taken it out of me. I am finding that when I start...
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Hi all... been a bit quiet lately as of course we had a wonderful two weeks in Tenerife, and just before we went, he decided to try a gel called oral medic, to try to get rid of the one and only persistent little bugger of on ulcer on side of his tongue...
Hello Everyone, As the regulars here will know, I completed 30 (successful) sessions of RT and the end of July 2021 but my mouth is still not able to cope with much solid food at all. After a recent visit to the Restorative Dentistry Clinic at Dundee...
Hi everyone.....an update on my husband's progress. He's 74 He was diagnosed at the end of January '22 with late stage T4, N3, M0 - Hypopharangeal Cancer ( wrapped around his left carotid artery) His only symptom had been an annoying cough and then...
