Today I finished No# 12 of Radiation and No# 7 of Chemo at week 3. It's a real learning curve and full of adjustments. I started having serious headaches and debilitating pain, probably because I made it a mandatory part of my treatment not have ANY Opioids...
Hi everyone, So today I got a call from my CNS , she asked for Sharon to be by my side and put on loud speaker, my heart was racing!! Anyway after seeing how anxious I was at our meeting yesterday and knowing I had another 3 weeks to wait she contacted...
Posting because this is a good thing and so often all this feels so negative and hard to deal with etc Paul (my amazing husband) has had a really hard few weeks to say the least. He has his dental assessment tomorrow following his radio and chemo...
Hi Everyone, just thought I'd post a positive vibe for once! After the anxiety of my Pet CT scan Monday (results 3rd April) , I had my Oncology Dentist assessment today . Had an all clear and discharged ,she was very happy with everything and nothing...
I’m 18months post treatment. I’ve just started a new job after 2 years of not being able to. However, it’s in a whisky distillery environment and already only after x2 shifts, my throat is so sore and I’m producing extra gunk. The air is full of dust...
Hubby is doing pretty well after week 3.5 of radiation treatment for hpv tonsil cancer. He continues to eat, but everything tastes horrible. He was able to go to a basketball game a few nights ago and still drives to daily treatment. We are home for the...
Hello to all I had surgery 4 weeks ago for partial parotid glad and lymph nodes removal. The operation was a success, but I have since found out thar I have an irregular nodule in my left lung which has scared me. I wasn't told about this by my...
Hello, My partner had his 3 month post RT PET scan in January and was given the all clear which was brilliant news. I may have already mentioned this in a previous post but can't find it. Anyway, he had to have a biopsy on his hip 3 weeks ago as they...
Tonsil cancer T2N0M0 chosen to have neck dissection then Tors robotic surgery. Had meeting at hospital today for pre op assessment, bloods done and ecg, already for surgery next week. they didn't talk much about neck dissection just my main op. Had...
National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Day National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist day is a day to celebrate and highlight everything that the cancer nursing workforce does for patients in the UK-wide health sector every day. This year it falls...
