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Hi everyone week 1, day 3 and I got called for a blood pressure check after treatment and my normally perfect blood pressure has gone sky high! Anyone else had this issue? It’s come down a bit since I got home but it’s still unusually high. regards ...
I had a right side tongue base mucosectomy and neck dissection 9 days ago . SCCUP . Told not to floss teeth or use mouthwashes on discharge . Told to use soft baby brush to clean teeth . My partner tells me my mouth is stinking and I do not have review...
Hi they brought my biopsy forward to tommrow only becauee a man had to stop meds week before so we swapped i am absolutely petrified told this to the consultants secretary snd she said oh dont worry you will be fine i dont have any red flags and i am...
Has anyone in here had or heard of a cyst on the tongue i cannot find anyone who has had cyst on the base of the tongue thats why i get worried
Hi all it's been a while and hope you are all doing good. My question is regarding my wife who is now 5 months post 36xRT and 8xChemo. She is in a much better way with regards here overall state and has even started back at work. She still has a...
My surgery is Thursday for tongue cancer with flap. my lymph scans show clear but they want to remove as a precaution. I am terrified of lymphodema!! they want to do a selective dissection where they remove all the lymphs from 4 areas but the sentinel...
Did anyone have there wbc low while on immunotherapy . It was low during chemo and radiation then got better but on immunotherapy it’s low again. Dr checks it each time before treatment. Anyone take supplements that help going through cancer treatments...
I found a very useful leaflet from Mount Vernon Hospital You can find it here https://www.ljmc.org/pi_series/pi25_radiotherapy_short_course_hn.pdf
Hello everyone a little history I am 63 years old I have had bowel cancer 2 years ago had chemo radiotherapy and so far so good !! I have really struggled with oral thrush for 6 mouths. As soon as the treatments give a couple of days my thrush is back...
Hi everyone - I’ve just started the 6 week RT today and been given Difflam mouthwash and lots of saline solution to use each day. I’d read about people using bicarbonate and salt solution, is it useful to do all three or is that too much?? regards ...
