Asking to see if anyone has had any experience or advice on the use of Waterpik or similar devices for a more thorough cleaning of teeth. I have seen a number of adverts for them recently and wondered if they may be useful for post RT dental care or...
So I finished RT for 6 weeks with 2 chemos. How did it go? A bumpy ride, first cisplatin made me in an inpatient for 3 days due to the salt imbalance it caused me. RT side effects came at 3 weeks and then more at 5 weeks. Lost all taste but can somehow...
Good morning everyone Before I began my Radiotherapy treatment, dentists at the hospital removed my 2 bottom wisdom teeth and a loose incisor from the top row I have now received an appointment with Restorative Dentistry Does anyone have a similar...
It's in! Went in late Monday afternoon, home this afternoon. Not a pleasant procedure but all staff at Eastbourne were fabulous. Quite shocked at how painful and debilitating it is at the moment. Couple of questions. Can you buy some sort of protection...
Hi All - just a quick update to summarise my last 2 weeks of treatment and I'm currently half way through week 2 recovery. In short: - Painful by end of wk5 and started oramorph during weekend before wk6 - Mucous became annoying in wk 6 and was a...
Hi All - quick update: Finished wk2 Yay!! Losing taste (or changing taste) by the day - Boo!!. Still eating though and I'm about to have a fillet steak (maybe the last in a while...?) . Despite a sore mouth (left side, mainly gums) and feeling a ...
Has anyone heard or have experience of Gene Therapy for damaged saliva glands due to having radiotherapy treatment for tonsil cancer?
Just a quick note to say that the anti HPV cancer recurrence vaccine trial (HARE 40) I was due to start a couple of weeks ago has been postponed. Having given very much an armful of blood for the baseline and undergoing various tests to gauge my suitability...
Just a very quick update on progress with my recovery, for anyone who’s interested. It was two years ago this week that I received the diagnosis that initially floored me and set me on, what in here is, a common path of treatment - TORS followed by 5...
Hi everyone. Just wanted to write an update about my cheek biting problem. Just wonder if anyone else has had this? I have mild lymphoedema in my face and neck. It is also , apparently in my left cheek. This is causing swelling g around my back molar...
