Hi everyone, I'm almost 9 months out from finish of Chemoradiation. I didn't have a lot of mucus like so many others have described, but over the past 2 months or so, mucus is building up in my throat over the course of the day, very difficult to expectorate...
Hello Again Everybody, I hope that everyone is well and doing as best as they can be with Spring in the air. I have just posted on the 'Lung' and the 'Incurable' forums and, of course, I was thinking of you all over here and thought to give you all...
my partner is 15 radiotheraphy down ,15 to go and his 2nd chemo on thursday . he is doing okay but very tired and is dozing for about 1 hour at lunchtime and again late afternoon..but they have said if he needs to sleep do so. i found this forum and...
Hi one week post radiology during which time my neck broke out shoulder too shoulder red blisters with a 2x2 inch square scab in the centre that is painful, still on protein drinks and strained oxtail soup. I’m sleeping 10 hours a night really deep sleep...
Hi all, Just a question. Is anyone aware of a wallet size card, that can be shown at restaurants, etc, outlining your dietary requirements? I am a 11 year veteran of cancer of the tongue, who is now suffering from the aftereffects of radiotherapy...
I am nearly 3 months post RT, and feeling great. PET Scan due on 10/4/24 and MRI soon to determine outcome. My taste has come back, not quite the same, appetite gradually returning, although I get full quickly, so I eat little and often. My oncologist...
Sorry made a bit of a mess of that so I will start again. Got the results today.Cancer has not spread but the primary tumor is not showing so I will be having tonsils out .The scan has shown possible tumours one in right armpit and one on left groin,...
Hi, After posting last week about no scan date got phone call on Friday to go to ENT this Tuesday coming at 3pm.Feeling so frightened as I was misdiagnosed in the beginning and now T4N1M0.Have been told cancer is big so feel i have little hope of treatment...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to open this thread to post a few updates on my father in law's progress. As a quick summary, he had a partial glossectomy in July 2023, followed by a partial neck dissection in December 2023 (2 lymph nodes had cancer, with...
Hi,Hope everyone is doing OK. Just wanted to update after my appointment yesterday So after MRI/ PET CT and tonsillectomy I was told that no spread anywhere else and no sign of cancer in the tonsills. At this stage no primary has been located. They...
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