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Hi all, Greetings. Its eighteen months from major surgery to remove the right half of my mandible and over a year on from radio and chemo. I'd half forgotten some of the things I went through and something prompted me to look back at my WhatsApp group...
I have got through 30 sessions with the bloody mask - I wobbled a few times but kept going forward. Now to recuperation and getting back to full health 'It's a marathon not a sprint' Thanks for all your support guys
Hello all. Completed carbon-ion therapy late April for my 4th recurrence. While waiting for the MRI follow up I felt something was not right and advanced the whole thing. They found growths in back of my throat, in a bone in my ear, many in my neck...
Hi after having lymph nodes removed in right armpit, I will be having dressing changed on Friday then it will be another 2 weeks for meeting with breast care consultant with results. I will then hopefully start treatment on tumour on my tongue I have...
So here we are ready to start my first cycle of treatment. Positive and apprehensive all in one, waiting for my transport to arrive to kick off the process. Chemo and radiotherapy today so expecting a long day so packed a snack box and drinks to keep...
I had my Gastrontomy tube fitted on Tuesday and have been flushing it daily as still able to eat at present to keep it clean Did anyone else find it gets quite messy as I have to clean it up quite a bit daily also find I have feelings of liquid going...
Hi everyone. Im hoping to get some advice. I have Stage 4 melanoma (which started on the crown of my head) for which I received aggressive immunotherapy last year which resulted in many side effects including hypopituitarism and hypothyroidism as well...
Hello and I hope you’re doing well. great news is mum has completed her 6 weeks of radio, and 1 chemo last week. I was hoping for some tips/advice/product reccomendations for the skin on her neck please. it’s very quickly started to all peel away...
My husband was diagnosed with HPV16 cancer in his left tonsil which had spread to his lymph node in the left side of the neck. 9 days ago he completed 30 rounds of radiotherapy and 6 sessions of chemo. Since the treatment stopped he has been suffering...
Hi everyone, I have posted on this forum a few times over the last 18 months and have read through peoples posts regularly. I can't believe how cancer has effected my family in this time. My hubby was diagnosed with cancer in his tonsils/tongue...
