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Just saying Hi and to introduce myself… I was diagnosed in March with tonsil cancer after I found a lump in my neck in December 2024, biopsy showed cancer in my neck lymph nodes, this was not the primary, sent for a PET scan, nothing came back, they...
Hi folks - not been on a little while - went for results of my petct scan and feels like starting again. I’ve been through chemo and radiotherapy but looks like cannier cells are still present. Next is biopsy’s under general anaesthetic- throat and...
Hello all, Husband is on last two days of treatment but is hospitalised due to severe side effects from RT or Chemo. His neck is very badly burned but the Flamigel which he has used successfully until this week. Hospital say they have no alternatives...
My partner just finished last Monday 30 sessions external.beam oral radiotherapy for tongue cancer. He was ok throughoutamd side effects not too bad, but today has terrible pain, ibuprofen 600mg not touching it. Any one have anything similar
So here we are in week 8 of recovery and my poor husband feels like crap. He continues to battle thrush and is now on fluconazole day 3. His tongue and throat hurt and he has no desire to eat. I thought he would be so much farther along at this point...
Hi all, mu husband is on day 21 of 33 of radiotherapy. He is really struggling with the horrible taste In his mouth, does anyone have anything they can recommend? he is currently using a feeding tube as he isn’t able to swallow very well and has moth...
My husband had his ct scan and everything was good! He always worries and his neck isn’t the same after neck dessection not to mention he works in his garden and sometimes his neck hurts some after.
Hi all :) my dad was diagnosed with stage 4b mandible cancer dec 2023. We initially were told the aim was to cure the cancer. He had surgery in Feb 2024 to remove tumour and had a neck dissection due to spread to lymph nodes in his neck. He had the right...
Tonsil cancer T2N0M0 neck dissection 47 lymph nodes all clear.TORS robotic surgery to remove 25mm tumour, margin short by 1.1mm due to carotid artery. Went back today for check up , 8 weeks post op. Still having some issues with pain by tongue. This...
Hi just wondering if anyone who has had operation on tongue and head neck dissection not reconstruction still gets the odd ulcer on cheeks or tongue . Does anyone's tongue still feel very tight and sore where the operation was. Does this get any better...
