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Hi Not to sure where to start... Cutting a very long story short, a couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer caused by the HPV16 virus. I'm 36 years old and I was told by doctors for months that It was re-occurring tonsillitis, then...
Hi So i saw my oncologist the other day for the first time and to be honest it was an eye opener to say the least to what's about to come for me. Treatment starts 10th March for lymph node cancer I wasn't concerned too much about the actual 6 weeks...
Hello all Thank you for your continued help on here. I'm never sure whether I'm posting in the right place on here so apologies. This post is about my mother who is 69 years old and 10 weeks ago completed 6 weeks of radiotherapy for HPV positive cancer...
Hi I had surgery July 2024 to remove tonsils, tongue base and a neck dissection. Luckily everything was removed with good margins and I was told I needed no further treatment, just close monitoring. I had a baseline scan in September and then a F2F...
Hi all Can I ask anyone with tongue and neck cancer, how long after RT does it take for food to taste normal and your appetite return to normal? I’ve reached my 4th month after RT and managing small amounts of food but have no appetite and nothing...
Hi can you help me
That's it. Still here. Still well
Hi all, Hi all, In advance of my RT starting on Monday, the radiologist called me yesterday to discuss a few things. He advised me to put E 45 or Avenida cream on my neck before and after treatment. I told him that I had read of many people who...
My husband got Covid, anyone take a prescription medicine to help, he’s on immounotherapy so hope he can still take something to help.
Hi all, Just providing a bit of an update really. Got the results back from the surgical biopsy and it came back negative. Met the consultant who I think will be looking after me and really feel like he's invested and has my best interests at heart...
