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Hello! I'm 28 yo woman (never drink or smoke) who recently noticed a huge problem with oropharynx. It started may be in 16-17 of February this year; I noticed some weird pain between left side of my base of tongue, pharynx and...idk how to name it, a...
Hello everyone, 3 weeks ago my partner had a PET-CT and a CT scan 10 weeks post treatment for T3N0M0 laryngeal cancer and they said ‘the scans look good and they are happy with them’ He has been given an appointment with ENT for a scope this Thursday...
Hi everyone, 13 weeks post treatment,This last few days my throat and back of tongue has become a little sore again ,can this happen at this stage in recovery? I've started using difflam again to help and paracetamol.
Self care or nursing home are my options
i have posted in ACC group too, hope its ok pasting same thing on here too, getting anxious. Just abit of a backstory: i was diagnosed with pleomorphic adenoma on my left sumandibular gland. Had an MRI done which determined tumour to be around 8/9mm...
Anyone know anyone who has had this for palliative
I am now not able to have radiotherapy unless a trachestomy is performed tumour too big blocking airway and radiotherapy would make it worse now palliative care wasted time since December utterly devastated
Hi everyone, i have lymphodema under my chin ,I do massages also have a stretchy neck thingy which my Lymphodema nurse got me to wear ,I find it works really well. Question is , I find that the lymphodema causes a pulling on my throat which makes me...
Quick question, looking for information. Found my cancer quite early and felt very relieved until I was told I had been unlucky and that the biopsy had caused seeding and surgery wasn’t possible to go back in and get the seeding out. Not too sure on this...
