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I’ve been given this and also Oramorph for when things hot up. I wondered if people had experience of how well the Oxetacaine worked?
Since my silly idea of trying to come off my meds in one go,and boy am I paying the price ! I seem to have a terrible sense of smell , I cannot explain it but it's horrid ,I rang my CNS and she tried to put my mind at ease ,saying it's the radiotherapy...
A few months ago I posted on here as my husband's first PET scan post treatment (Larynx cancer) showed up two lit up areas but we were told it was probably scarring form the radiotherapy. He had another PET scan 2 weeks ago. We got two letters from the...
Morning to everyone in this group waking up today to face another challenge, enjoying the day or dreading it. I probably fall into all three categories. i am on my 4th week of daily radiography and weekly chemo. Sailing through the beginning of last...
The dr thinks it’s best for my husband to have immunotherapy for a year, we were thinking the cost would be similar to chemotherapy. Now we get a big bill and never thought it would be so expensive. With his insurance he pays 20% which is still a lot...
Hello all. I will be having a pet/ ct scan in April to see if treatments worked. ( I had chemo and radiation ). I wanted to know if treatment is very successful for hpv head neck scc oropharynx or is there a chance it didn’t work. Just worried and hate...
3 weeks since finished 35 sessions of radiotherapy and still feeling so low. Taste is slowly returning but not hunger- worried as im now 74 kilo- from 92 !!
My swallowing is becoming increasingly difficult and I’ve not even started treatment yet im scared
Hi everyone, Just a quick question , I know it's different for each of us but how long would you say your throat was sore after treatment? After 10 weeks I find that some days it is and some not , depends if I've been doing a lot of throat clearing...
Hi everyone, Sorry to bring this up but , I've been caught out with not having enough Laxido while still on opioids. I thought I was ok so cut down on the Laxido. But then I had a terrible time on Monday trying to pass a stool, so I did 4 packs of Laxido...
