Hi all You've all been so helpful to me giving me advice about my Mother's Tonsil and back of toungue cancer (P16 positive). She has now completed all her radiotherapy. She didn't get through all 6 chemos. She just did 2 as she was so sick on it. Anyway...
Hi I’m a year on from tongue surgery and neck disection and RT on neck. I’ve started to get a weird taste on the side of the tongue I had surgery. Has anyone else had this? I think I might have had it after surgery but it did go away. x
I have suffering from oral dysplasia on the left side of my tongue for almost 20 years and had a various wider excision in the past. Unfortunately small cancer was found when I did the last surgery this July. It was stage 1 and all removed surgically...
I am still having a problem with my trismus. It doesn’t end I had radiation in June I feel better, but sometimes I feel like I’m never gonna get better
Don’t forget that when we are discharged we still remain in the care of our hospital. Just because we have survived five years doesn’t mean that we won’t run into trouble again. On the other hand we do get things that aren’t cancer. I spotted an ulcer...
Does anybody have a problem with the weather has been so cold blame it on the radiation. It’s almost like you can’t catch your breath.
Hi all! I hope you are all doing well. It's been three weeks since I last posted and I've read everyone's lovely well wishes for Paul and myself, so thank you so much. The last two weeks have been hard for a variety of reasons. Paul had a...
Phone call from the MacMillan nurse this morning to confirm my bronchoscopy from last week turned out all clear (just need to get another x-ray in 6 months) so I am officially now in remission Strange mix of emotions. After bursting into tears right...
Hi All, I did briefly write an introduction to my situation when I was diagnosed beginning of the year, however I'm not too sure where that piece has ended up! Anyway.... I finished my treatment on 28th April this year for Tongue Cancer. (I opted...
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