A delicate subject I know, but there are new faces here that no doubt are anxious how HPV+ and the treatment will affect them and their partners going forward.. So, maybe it's time to shed a little more light on the subject.. Protection needed? are...
Hi everyone, Starting week 11 post treatment and developed nausea, it's there all the time. I've spoken to my dietician and she's told me it could be due to coming off all my meds , all at once. I'm having my pump feed to quickly Or because I...
I finished my radiation in June. It has been Long road ! I was doing OK and now I am having trouble swallowing it seems to be the It’s that lymphedema? It It seems it moves around my face I don’t know if I should call the doctor what should I do?
Hi everyone, me again I think I'm struggling mentally with it all , Ive lost my mojo 10 weeks post treatment and worried that I'm going in the wrong direction, is this natural or am I the only one ? how do you cope with not thinking about cancer and side...
Hi just wondering if anybody noticed their fibrosis / stiffness in neck improve after seven months of RT . I'm about seven months post RT and some days I find it worse now than before. Just wondering if it does improve with time. Thank you , Jackie x
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My friend starts treatment monday worried sick 35 rt ive been passing her tips from here been told curative
Hi Everyone I would like some advice about travelling and Insurance and was wanting to ask how long it was after treatment that you had holidays abroad? I was diagnosed with Oropharyngeal Cancer Squamous Cell Carcinoma 16 positive with 1 lymph node...
Hi lovely people I finished on 14th Feb (30 RT no chemo) and then everything kicked in the next day. I had a phone call with the nurses on Monday this week (couldn’t get in to the hospital to see them as felt too i) as I was taking more oramorph and...
Breathing something of a sigh of relief today. Mentioned a few weeks back I'd been bringing up blood in the mornings again (the first real symptoms I showed last year) and they wanted to do a CT scan. Got a bit nervous a few days after the scan when...
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