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Hi everyone, Ending my 11th week post treatment. So now I'm off all strong pain meds apart from paracetamol. I can feel the stiffness from aches and pains all over the body from lack of fitness and stress I should imagine. How do we get the fitness...
Anyone due joun inntogether and battle through
Another milestone..
Hi Due to start treatment soon for tonsil cancer. Read up on peg fitting etc. This is probably going to sound like a silly question ( please dont judge) but if things get bad and you have to use peg , does that mean that you actually stop having the...
I currently have a few ongoing problems since finishing RT over 5 months ago. I have been on morphine patches since finishing RT and am now down to 12 mg along with one Laxido each night and I wondered if I could just stop taking both as I’ve constantly...
6 weeks ago I went for a routine check up at the dentist. After a whirlwind of tests I am told I have a tumour on the floor of my mouth adjacent to the saliva gland. It is going to be excised, and possibly some lymph nodes too. I am reeling! what should...
Had peg fitted monday one of the stitches has come out today is this normal
Anyone hear had to attend an oncologist app a week before start of treatment
Hi guys, Thought I’d share an update from my original thread back in Jan. Hit my first milestone this week with the completion of 5 weeks chemotherapy and week five of six radiotherapy. The cancer teams in the hospital have been amazing, but I’m feeling...
So, I’m posting this in hope of getting information.I’m waiting on radiotherapy for salivary gland cancer but need my dental clearance first. Wasn’t too worried by this to start but after reading on-line I’m starting to panic.My teeth while I have quite...
