Hi. I’m week 13 post treatment. Eating is improving. Managed a couple of slices of pizza yesterday & a roast potato. Just looking for advice on oral hygiene. I use high fluoride toothpaste & always floss. Can anyone recommend suitable daily mouthwash...
Hi All, on Wednesday started my week 1 of 6 weeks RT and 2 cisplatin. What was supposed to be an overnight chemo and stay turned into a 3 day inpatient stay as my calcium and sodium became low after cisplatin as I retained a lot of the fluid in the body...
Hi,Bcephalus again on my latest update.I am now 9 months post RT after 30 sessions with no return of the cancer in the voice box.I have had several reviews and Endoscopies at various hospitals with no spread of the cancer to my bowels,stomach or pelvis...
Hi - Completed my fist week! I slept 10 hours last night, must've really needed it. The nausea from the cisplatin has returned though - despite feeling well on Thursday and Friday, this morning I awoke after a good sleep and haven't been able to eat...
Well his eating again. didn't get any worse for the 2 weeks as they predicted it would after treatment.....week 7, one week after treatment he tried soft foods again and to a certain extent succeeded, 3 feeds a day through tube still but just to keep...
Hi , I am having my treatment now. Radiotherapy and chemo, I missed one chemo treatment because of covid… now I been told by radiotherapy that I need blood as myHb low.. what else???
Sorry, not posted here for a while. 9/7/2018 was my 1st night in hospital for 40+ years. Up early the next morning for the 1st of about 4 operations over the following months to remove half my lower jaw and replace with a bone from my leg ...
Hi all, just finished week 1. Yuppie it was interesting week as i had chemo first day, as you know. All was good, but today i am tired and salty taste in the mouth not nice, but thats part of the journey spoke to my nurse and i find out how my...
As I had a hospital appointment for Diabetic Retinopathy on Wednesday my partner, Wilma, and myself had an LFT each and Wilma tested Coronavirus positive on Tuesday; I was negative. I called the hospital, Ninewells, and they told me to attend as normal...
Hiya..just wondering have any 1.had a cancer call adenocarcinoma inside nose or any other cancer inside nose as it is very rare. I just like to no more about it.the plan was to have it removed and 6 weeks radiotherapy.. But when i had it remove 4weeks...
