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Hi all, I’m now into week 5 post treatment and have Extreme Dry Mouth. This is preventing me sleeping and is extremely painful. I’ve found the last 2-3 nights particularly challenging and have had a bit of an emotional breakdown with the pain and discomfort...
Hello again, So husband has tonsil cancer and is now in week 5 out of 6 radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In the last week - he wakes up nearly every hour trying to clear his throat of mucus. Anyone have any good ideas of relieving this? He sounds like...
I’m living on my nerves eating very little due to throat hurting 8 teeth out tomorrow dreading been asked to attend swallow session
After a year without incident, during a routine post treatment appointment my consultant found a swollen lymph node on the same side as my tumour/surgery. Sent me for an MRI to check it out. Result came back today…clear. We go on to fight another day...
I have stage 1 head neck oropharynx cancer. Just finished treatment a month ago. Waiting for pet scan. anyway has anyone developed lung cancer in addition to hpv head and neck? I’m afraid this is happening to me. I won’t find out until the pet scan...
Hello there, Just wondering, we are waiting for results of my husbands CT scans to come in after his treatment finished 5wks ago, this morning I first got told that they have not come back, obviously being very anxious and upset the consultant'' secretary...
How poorly do you feel during and after treatment for tonsil cancer 6 weeks radiotherapy
Anyone have dentures here i have a top one removing all bottom teeth eating will be very difficult how long for dentures
Hi I seriously can not find the thread regarding someone here saying Nystan doesn't work for Oral Thrush and Fluconazole is the best. I asked my GP about being presribed this and she said "well the answer isn't exactly no but, there is a reason why...
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