My husband was diagnosed with Mouth Cancer early November. At Pre-Assesment couple of days before Op a heart problem was found! Op was delayed a month. Op went ahead on 20th December. Pec Muscle was grafted, lymph modes removed/neck dissection. He was...
There will be some scheduled downtime on Thursday 10 th March from 1pm until 10pm . This means you will not be able to view or access the Community during these hours. We hope to have the downtime kept the a minimum All the details you need for the...
Sunshine and showers this week. Showers in that I tested positive for covid and had to miss my follow up appointment with the surgeon - particularly irritating as I now have to wait until 25 March to see him. Also difficult spending so much time in my...
Hi Everyone I posted a few weeks ago that I had to go into hospital to have a maxillectomy and thought I would like to catch you up on progress. This was my second maxillectomy as I had one in 2019 on the other side of my mouth so progress this time...
Hello everyone. I am 5 months after treatment now. 6 weeks chemo radiation. I am recovering well but while my energy has improved a lot, I still get absolutely worn out if I do too much. I saw a friend a few days ago snd was suggested to me it’s ‘ mind...
I fell into the 'pit of despair' on Friday - not easy for someone as relentlessly optimistic as me (my husband's description). However, things are looking a bit brighter now. I realise that coping with secondaries is a whole different ball game to coping...
Well I finally got my diagnosis yesterday after a meeting with my ENT Consultant , my Oncologist and Cancer Nurse. So I’m T0 N2 M0 . No cancer could be found apart from the secondary in Lymph nodes either side of my neck so it’s no further Surgery and...
Hello , have now completed 2 weeks of radio/chemo , after first week had constipation bad but thankfully after going back in for weekend visit to hospital they checked me over an gave me laxatives /Movical this eventually helped so that was a relief as...
Hi all, thought I’d post an update, it’s the middle of the night & I can’t sleep. I am coming up on 1 year since RT finished. As with everyone on here, the road hasn’t been easy: the biggest frustration is the fact that every day can be different; one...
The stitches came out yesterday - quite traumatic for the nurse who said they were particularly difficult to remove - totally painless for me because my neck is completely numb. No problems there then. This morning I had a shower for the first time since...
