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Hello, I'm new here. My partner was diagnosed with tonsil cancer which has spread to his tongue and lymph glands in his neck in July this year. It is HPV16+ He is in the process of undergoing 6 gruelling weeks of radiotherapy. He has just passed the...
Hi Everyone , My partner saw an oral consultant yesterday at local hospital and there going to sort out some teeth so he has a complete bite on one side of he's mouth and said obviously because the jaw has been reconstructed he wont be able to sort...
First day on here, just joined. My husband has head and neck cancer, done with chemo and radiation, 7 months out. Over two weeks ago he had a neck dissection to get all the cancerous lymph nodes. So he’s recovering from that. Now the dr said he has micro...
I've just finished treatment. It consisted of 30 lashes (fractions) of RT and 2 chemotherapy sessions. I now have a very red and sore neck. I've been applying Zeroveen which does help sooth the pain, but it forms crusty yellow areas on my skin in the...
Hi just wee update. I had a CT scan of my lungs recently as at beginning of my treatment the CT showed two tiny nodules on my lungs he described them as incidential . If ten people had a CT scan half could have them. After chasing up my cancer nurse I...
Hi My name is Mick. I went through a course of radio and chemo therapy treatment for throat cancer at Northampton General Hospital during summer 2023 and am now 15 months post-treatment. When I was in various oncology based waiting rooms during the...
Hi again, I’m really panicking this morning and would like some advice from people with similar problems. I have cancer of the tongue and lymph nodes on right side and have been using a feeding rig for approx 3 weeks since my tongue was too sore to touch...
Hi, Finished my last of 35 radio sessions last Friday. I have been lucky to be able to continue eating throughout, albeit cottage pie, Mac and cheese and rice pudding continually. I am keen to understand when others have recovered any sense of taste...
Just thought I’d say hello. 51 year old male diagnosed with tonsil cancer, HPV16+, going through radiotherapy after tonsillectomy and neck dissection.
Hi after five days of not using the duraphat toothpaste my water blisters are still the same so it can't be the SLS in the toothpaste. The blisters in my mouth are relentless and appear every single day. I used difflam today and gelclare but it's still...
