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Morning all,so here I am again,firstly I want to say thank you for your replies to my last post on here,I came on to offload and then disappeared again,consumed by worry and fear so I also want to say sorry for not replying,your support helps so much...
Hi, 12 years ago my partner (Male 56) had a successful double kidney transplant and is on a large cocktail or drugs to maintain this, in march this year he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on the left lateral side of tongue with small progression...
Hi could anyone tell me if trying to get up mucus or phlegm is very hard after having head neck dissection and radiotherapy. I still feel as if I have something stuck at the back of my throat and don't know if this is just phlegm or mucus. It's so annoying...
Hi all, I met again with my consultant on Friday there. She suggested the route of further surgery in the tonsil area and neck dissection (2 nodes) as being a good way forward. The further surgery I understand is due to them only having a small margin...
Had Rig on the 4th. Still really painful and swollen. Rig surgery went bad and ward care was horrible. 8-11 hrs just to get paracetamol. Mask fitting didn’t go well, had to go back for refit and constantly having to call anyone And everyone to find out...
Hello every one. Should I bring concerned or is this normal side effects. I suffer continuously with a dry mouth however much liquid I drink. Any advice on the best things to drink? Also in the morning I wake with very dry edges to my lips. Like chapped...
Hi, First time on this site. Have been trying to pretend it all never happened and not wanting to face it. I had 6 weeks in hospital last year with radiotherapy and chemo for cancer in one of my tonsils. I couldn't eat for weeks and lost alot of weight...
Finished my treatments last week and currently have a NG tube in situ. I just can't seem to bring myself to swallow anything. I want to get off this feed ASAP. Does anyone have any tips? Still spitting thick saliva and blood. I'm dying for a cheese pizza...
Good evening folk. Just a quick update regards my surgery. As I have mentioned in previous threads the wheels are in motion for fibula free flap surgery to harvest my fibula and use this to construct most of my lower left mandible. 1st Oct planned and...
Hi was just wondering if this wooden feeling in my neck will ease over time. 12 weeks post RT. Even though I do my neck mouth exercises and drainage every day this feeling in my neck is awful. I constantly apply moisturer to my neck and that eases it...
