So here we are in week 8 of recovery and my poor husband feels like crap. He continues to battle thrush and is now on fluconazole day 3. His tongue and throat hurt and he has no desire to eat. I thought he would be so much farther along at this point...
My husband had his ct scan and everything was good! He always worries and his neck isn’t the same after neck dessection not to mention he works in his garden and sometimes his neck hurts some after.
Tonsil cancer T2N0M0 neck dissection 47 lymph nodes all clear.TORS robotic surgery to remove 25mm tumour, margin short by 1.1mm due to carotid artery. Went back today for check up , 8 weeks post op. Still having some issues with pain by tongue. This...
Hi just wondering if anyone who has had operation on tongue and head neck dissection not reconstruction still gets the odd ulcer on cheeks or tongue . Does anyone's tongue still feel very tight and sore where the operation was. Does this get any better...
Hi everyone! My husband's thrush is better, but not sure it is completely gone. He will be calling the nurse today to discuss that and his lack of saliva. He is having such a hard time with dry mouth and throat now that things he ate easily before are...
Hi everyone Just wanted to share some good news back from check up at hospital after having 2 pet scans since December due to abnormal activity , and they have said I am in remission at the moment will be having 2 monthly visits for check ups for the...
Hi guys, left tonsil p 16 positive squamous cell carcinoma T2 N1 M0. just thought I’d drop an update, and thank you all again for the support/advice you gave me back in Jan - March prior, during my treatment. I’m now almost 10 weeks post treatment...
Hello all, my husband is in the fourth week of RT and Chemo. He is now taking Fortisip as prescribed via his stomach tube and drinking sips of water regularly. Before this treatment began he had never had blood pressure problems. Unfortunately during...
My husband now has thrush and we are wondering if he should be doing different types of mouth rinses and if he should continue to use steam to help with his sticky saliva? He was using the biotene mouth rinse for his saliva issue and needs salt and baking...
Did anyone here have neck dissection after chemo and radiation ?
