My cancer 12 years ago gave me a good overview of how the system works and I have now spent the entire day fighting it. I got somewhere though with my usual tactics of polite patient persisting. I called the MaxFac emergency number this morning to report...
My mind is in turmoil at the moment. Could do with a hug.
Hello everyone. Could anyone tell me if their salivary glands have improved over the years as opposed to months please. I need some hope. I am a good 9 months post treatment with RTC for left side tonsil cancer and spread to base of tounge muscle. Aboutba...
Hi 5 months post op from T2N0M0 tonsil cancer, neck dissection and tors robotic surgery. Thought I'd do a quick update. Baseline ct scan after 3 months clear but lymph node on otherside swollen ( this was also checked at beginning of treatment) so ultrasound...
Hi all, so mum is having her feeding tube fitted today (as an outpatient as they warned she could be in hospital for over a week if she was admitted) She has got to nearly the end of week 6 but cannot tolerate any fortisips and is feeling very week from...
I have a problem with my throat. It’s usually in the morning and that it doesn’t bother too much until when I go to bed It is like a mucus is there anybody have anything like that?
I saw my surgeon a week ago because I was concerned about a couple of developments. At the side of my flap reconstruction, on the palataoglossal arch (aka tonsillar pillar), this odd looking "blank pocket" appeared. It is a small cavernous hole about...
A brief history - It seems hard to believe that this time last year I was feeling swamped by seemingly endless appointments for scans (MRI and CT) biopsy, blood tests, oncologist, ENT consultant, pre op assessment and on. I was 66 years old at the time...
Hi everyone, Apart from many other sensations in my throat and tongue I have to get used to, I get a feeling my throat and tongue have cotton wool on them ? It's the only way I can describe it ,anyone else felt this? My ENT consultant says it's just...
Last night, I cooked myself Mr. Brains faggots with mash potatoes, mushy peas and a jug of extra gravy (just in case). It felt truly awful on my tongue, I think I managed half a dozen tiny mouthfuls. I'm so upset, frustrated and almost depressed (not...
