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Hello everyone. I’m three months post treatment. I was fortunate in that it wasn’t such a bad ride for me. I regained my sense of taste 3 weeks post treatment and can eat anything but have lost the joy of eating. Does it return? I have zero appetite....
2024-08-30 - Had my left tonsil removed in day surgery yesterday 29th August 2024. Projectile vomited three times whilst in post-op, BP high 192/93, so was there for about five hours. They told me I had to eat something before I could be discharged and...
Hi and Hello I had tonsil cancer in 2018 .I went through 30 days of radiation treatment and 6 chemo sessions. 6 years on I'm cancer Fred. I am really suffering from the late effects of radiation . I struggle swelling food . I get cramp on both sides...
Hello everyone just here to check in and update about little Ollie turning one ️ Dad's death anniversary is also coming up, time has marched forwards so fast, I can't believe it's almost been a year. I would say I am doing better, luckily I am heavily...
Hello Things were going well 8 months post treatment…but I seem to have hit a buffer in that suddenly my tongue, mouth and gums flared up quite ferociously. Seriously not comfortable. I suspected the Duraphat which I had been told both to brush with...
In a nutshell my Partner has hpv p16 positive H&N cancer. Found in a very enlarged neck node. Despite all the scans, we still do not know where the primary is. We are very positive, I have a medical background but this is not familiar territory and despite...
Hello all, I wanted to provide an update following my last post introducing myself. I met with my consultant last week and, although they have a suspicion that my right tonsil is the primary site, they aren’t 100% sure and want to put me under next...
hi everyone, i am a very concerned sister, just praying for someone to point us in the right direction. Back in January, my brother in law was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and it was in his nodes and after much messing about with cancelled appointments...
Hi there I had treatment for tongue cancer ending in January 2020. 6 weeks of radiotherapy and 2 doses of chemotherapy. I've been doing really well thankfully, although I have long term physical side effects I've been coping ok. However I've noticed in...
Hi just wee bit of advice again. I seem to ask all the time. Ten weeks post-op RT. Throat sore again. Hadn't been sore for ages. At night I have to raise my head up on lots of pillows which I have done since head neck dissection plus feel less swollen...
