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My husband rang the bell today and we are home. His major side effects are the awful mucus near his soft palate and everything tastes horrible. He has been eating all kinds of food this whole time and has been maintaining his weight pretty well. He is...
Hi Everyone Just thought I'd do a quick update. neck has healed really well from dissection. Had my Tors robotic surgery yesterday. Was first on the list which was really good for my anxiety. Few issues getting cannula in again but everyone lovely...
Can anyone help me? A close member of the family has been diagnosed with Olfactory Neuroblastoma, which I believe is a very rare form of cancer and therefore I cannot find out much about it on the internet. Does anyone have any first hand experience...
Hello, I am a mum if 2 who has recently had treatment for tonsil cancer. Tumour removed and 6 weeks radiotherapy and 2 X chemo sessions. Recovery ....I know everyone is different but I am struggling to get any real sense of what recovery looks like...
My husband is finished with chemo and radiation for over a year, he’s having immounotherapy every 3 weeks, it’s keytruda. Now he has a couple bad bottom teeth and needs a full lower partial denture. So a couple has to be pulled. Anyone else have dental...
Good afternoon, I am new here, my name is Kellie and I'm 37 and have been diagnosed with SCC right lateral tongue (I've added a short story to my page) I've been very nervous to post as it seems much more real now. My team have told me that the...
Change again not sure I can take anymore. Due to go into hospital 1st April for debunking and possibly trach just back from hospital last scan last Saturday had changed everything tumour too big to debulk now not curative yet last week it was...
Hi there! I will finally see an otolaryngologist (+endoscopy) tomorrow. May be this visit will clarify if I have something suspicious. My symptoms isn't worsened much, I still sleep very well, now any pain isn't depending from chewing or hot/spicy/cold...
Hi everybody, I pray for all to be well. i recently been diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Cancer. I have chronic migraines, ear ache and lost of hearing, jaw numbness with tingling. This week I have had scans done and am waiting for the dates of when to...
Fir your hpv+ diagnosis, what stage were you when diagnosed. And is a later stage hpv dx harder to cure?
