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Hello all, my lovely husband has base of tongue cancer T4N1MO HPV16. He has 35 radiotherapy and 3 chemo treatments over 7 weeks. He has just finished his second week and is struggling so much, Exhausted, very down, sticky saliva, pain in throat, pain...
Hi, I'm new to this group but having been living (and enjoying living!) with the long term side effects of chemo/radiotherapy treatment I received back in 2017. My main problem at the moment is the tismus, I can only open my mouth the width of 2 fingers...
Hi, Can you advise what happens after you have been told that your treatment was successful and you now have follow ups for 5 years until you are officially Cancer Free. What do they do at these follow ups and downs you have anymore scans etc? Just...
Hi all or as I put it my extended family I'm having RIG fitted this Monday and was just asking as anyone experienced any difficulties with the RIG regarding feeding, sleeping with and cleaning etc?....I was hoping it was going to be a PEG but it was...
Can anyone interpret what this staging means. ? cTxN1M0 This is written in my reports I’m not sure what it means.
I had been diagnosed with hpv tonsil cancer. I had both tonsils removed and TORS proceedure done with a neck disection. I have clear margins. I had my first CT scan post surgery and nothing abnormal. I find i am have pressure in my ears, sinus and headaches...
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Hi everyone, my husband is starting 6weeks radiotherapy with chemotherapy once a week for 5 weeks on 10th March . As I said earlier I have been struggling badly with his tonsil cancer diagnosis. But abit of a bonus today, had results come through by post...
Hi everyone, me again I think I'm struggling mentally with it all , Ive lost my mojo 10 weeks post treatment and worried that I'm going in the wrong direction, is this natural or am I the only one ? how do you cope with not thinking about cancer and side...
Hi just wondering if anybody noticed their fibrosis / stiffness in neck improve after seven months of RT . I'm about seven months post RT and some days I find it worse now than before. Just wondering if it does improve with time. Thank you , Jackie x
