Hi guys, I finished my treatment exactly 3 years ago today. I'm doing gr eat, I feel well, am eating and drinking most things without problems even if food still tastes strange andI do still suffer from lack of saliva. Over the last two months I've...
Hi to all my lovely people who have been patient, kind and understanding during my darkest hours through treatment! I want to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you! I had my PET Scan and after a stressful wait for the results...
September 6th 2024 - results day! The doctor was amazing and entered the room with a big smile and said, ‘I’ve got good news for you!’ My husband got the all clear! Wow - not really sure how we feel, the emotions! It’s fantastic! He was told he would...
Good morning all, I met with my consultant yesterday following my tonsillectomy and tongue base mucosectomy 10 days ago. The primary site for the cancer was found, with it being in the right tonsil that was removed. My consultant laid out a few options...
Not able to eat .Not drinking enough.When I put stuff through my rig it sits there in my stomach and I begin to feel sick.Sometimes I am.Eitner way it makes me feel absolutely miserable.I have 5more radiation days.Can I get anti sickness tablets.
2024-08-30 - Had my left tonsil removed in day surgery yesterday 29th August 2024. Projectile vomited three times whilst in post-op, BP high 192/93, so was there for about five hours. They told me I had to eat something before I could be discharged and...
Hello everyone just here to check in and update about little Ollie turning one ️ Dad's death anniversary is also coming up, time has marched forwards so fast, I can't believe it's almost been a year. I would say I am doing better, luckily I am heavily...
Hello Things were going well 8 months post treatment…but I seem to have hit a buffer in that suddenly my tongue, mouth and gums flared up quite ferociously. Seriously not comfortable. I suspected the Duraphat which I had been told both to brush with...
Hi there I had treatment for tongue cancer ending in January 2020. 6 weeks of radiotherapy and 2 doses of chemotherapy. I've been doing really well thankfully, although I have long term physical side effects I've been coping ok. However I've noticed in...
Hello My mum still has a peg but she is trying to eat a little bit, too.She has pain under her left rib a month now.The pain comes and goes and can be sharp.Doctors don't know what is it.Did anybody had similar pain ?She had an ompresole tablets but...
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