Hi all, Anyone got any good tips for dry mouth ? Finished RT treatment in Feb 24, healing etc going well, everyone pleased with progress. However in the last two months my dry mouth has really kicked in. I currently have oragell that tastes crap and...
Well, PET scan 3 about 4 weeks ago. A year since I finished treatment and Boom! x2 new areas of concern have shown up on the scan. Just when we thought we were out of the cancer woods. Apparently there are two 3mm glows showing in level II Lymph nodes...
Hi everyone, I recently had a scope done, and the doctors found a white patch on the left side of my throat. They have scheduled a biopsy under general anesthesia to investigate further. I’m feeling very anxious about what this could mean. Has anyone...
So I am on week 3 of radiology to both sides of my neck and within 2 days I have gone from eating pretty normal to not being able to get a lot down as my mouth is inflamed and mouth ulcer metropolis and swallowing even water feels like there is a good...
Hi, I had my RIG fitted 6 weeks ago, unfortunately I have an infection in it so currently on antibiotics. I worry that the tube may become blocked, it always seems to have some white deposits on the inside and the port gets quite bunged up. I’m on overnight...
So I’m on week 3 of radiology, had chemo last week and due another next week. I have a peg tube fitted ready for when I can’t swallow anymore and this morning eating toast was like eating razor blades - BUT what has really set me off today on a downward...
Hi all,it’s been 18 months since my Husband’s diagnosis of stage4 sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma,his Chemo and chemo/radiotherapy did shrink the tumour but unfortunately on Friday we got the news we had been dreading,results of his last MRI scan...
On a lovely summer’s afternoon 4 years ago today, aged 63 - and following a needle biopsy on a pesky lump in my neck - I received The Phone Call from my consultant telling me that it wasn’t the news he’d wanted to give me - ‘squamous cell carcinoma, probably...
Hi just some general questions seven weeks after finishing RT for stage 1 tongue cancer and head neck dissection..I was wondering if anyone wakes up every am feeling tongue and cheek swollen until they move it about and do their exercises it feels a little...
Been a while since I visited the forum. I wanted to celebrate one year since my last RT treatment for tonsil and neck cancer. As the song says what a difference a day makes well in my case a year. It’s been tough, having teeth removed, insertion...
