Hi there Lillian back again T3N2BMO P16 positive SCC right tonsil I am now 2 and a half year post treatment and my swallow is not improving. It did improve for a few weeks but now it is as bad as ever and my mouth is dry beyond belief. Please, if...
Please note this is only what has happened in my individual case, which was quite extreme. All our cancers and surgeries are very different but if it gives anyone with this problem a way forward, either by keep pursuing an answer or just mentally accepting...
I wondered how often others have scans after cancer treatment is done.
I’ve had a large painful ulcer on my tongue since my treatment last October it starts to heal and then erupts again does anyone have any remedies please ? thank you
Cancer, base of tongue and one node, stage one. Just finished 5 weeks of radiation, two every Friday over the Monday to Thursday treatments. I thought, in the very beginning, how challenging can this be? Well, I received an eye opener. Between the thick...
Good morning folk. Just a quick update. I had a free flap scapula reconstruction of my left lower mandible in Oct 2024 The osteoradionecrosis was caused by radiation damage back in 2022, which according to statistics effects about 10% of people who have...
Hello all. We went for a post surgical check today. Everything is healing well…..but I noticed with my eagle eyes that my husbands staging has changed. Originally it was T4 N0 M 0, and I saw on the computer screen that today it is down as T4a N2b . Naturally...
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My husband completed 6 weeks of chemoradiation in August last year for cancer of the Larynx. The treatment was successful. This morning he showed me a clip on the TV of Noel Edmonds talking about suicide and he started crying. I asked if he wanted to...
I am almost 3 months since the end of my bilateral RT for throat cancer. My question, what I could do with advice on is this. I still have no sense of taste. I use benzadymine mouthwash at least 4/5 times a day and, I'm taking Nystatin just in case...
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