Hi,Bucephalus here with my latest update 6 weeks post treatment.I have been very fortunate thanks to James Cook Hospital medical personnel handling of my treatment.I have had virtually no pain or side effects.The worst has been the"BAWKING EPISODES",where...
I am just coming to the end of week 7, 1 week post treatment after 5 chemo and 30RT. I realise it is still early days but but am wondering if anyone has some advice for the following. I have burns on my neck and am using the flaminal forte cream. The...
I have just finished 30 sessions of RT after having a neck dissection for ACC of the submandibular gland on the 13th of July. I received a call today to ask how I was feeling after finishing RT last Friday. After a chat i was told that they would arrange...
On Saturday, as luck would have it three days before my first face to face for three months, I began to develop a really sore throat with the feeling I couldn’t swallow. Like most of us, I’m guessing, I was quite anxious about this as recovery at month10...
First of all I just want to thank all of those who have taken the time to reply to my previous post about my Dad, this is a wonderful forum with wonderful people and I wish you all the very best in your treatments and recovery. My wonderful brave Dad...
Hi all I have not been on here for a while as we were getting on with our lives after 2nd lump removed from tongue Mar 20 and first lump in 2018 being removed from neck followed by radio therapy and chemo we were told after 2nd surgery that they didn...
Hi Everyone my boyfriend has been given the good news he’s in remission we would like to go away for a few days to have some us time abroad but we are struggling to find any companies that will give us travel insurance. Does anybody have any suggestions...
Completed 1st week of radio and 1st dose cisplatin feel really nauseous and headache back of neck face oedematus is this normal???
Are there any people out there who have terminal head and neck cancer? I was told in May 2020 that the cancer in my mouth had returned and could not be cured as it was in too many places. Since then I have had various treatments to arrest the disease...
My consultation with the oncologist, to receive my PET/CT Scan results, today at 12 noon, was disappointingly cancelled due to “unforeseeable circumstances” at 2pm yesterday. I did explain to the secretary that I am on “tenterhooks” waiting to know the...
