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Hello again everyone, I have come back to this forum as I am known here and always appreciate your responses. Over the last fortnight I have attended two weekly Macmillan Daycare sessions at our local hospice (Roxburghe House, Dundee) and I have enjoyed...
Hi all, I would like some help and advice regarding stage 1 tongue cancer. I had an operation for this in December 2022 and unfortunately it returned this April 2024. I’ve since had another operation 3 weeks ago and the results showed a margin of 3mm...
New here! Had a routine dental appointment and was asked if I’d bitten my tongue.. I’d noticed nothing but have quite a large area on the side of my tongue which just looks weird. Like a couple of long narrow lumps but no ulcer that I can see. Dentist...
I have a cousin in India Mumbai who has recently been diagnosed with oral cancer ' cervical lymph node metastasis of squmous carcinoma of tongue' , I took this from one of his recent tests that he had done. Naturally family all worried, he is 40 married...
Hello all, well, it’s been a while since we’ve been on here. My husband was given the all clear six years ago but went back to be checked earlier this month after problems swallowing. He was checked by the oncologist, camera down the nose, she said...
I have not been back here for some time now, but just to update my wife's condition and treatment, following surgery on her tongue and neck dissection to remove lymph nodes and part of thyroid glans, she was past on to oncology for 30 Radiation and 6...
I've been referred by my dentist on the 2ww, for potential gum cancer. Is this the right group, and where can I find any info, please. Edit. It is now the 62 day wait, so 2 months. Oh well.
Hi everyone. I just found this today, wow so much useful information, thank you! I am a newbie, I was diagnosed in March and have had surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, at present I have two more radiotherapy sessions so feeling the light is...
Hi everyone So hubby has had treatment and is 8 weeks post treatment for stage 3 tonsil, base of tongue and lymph nodes either side So it seems hes going backwards again and still losing weight and finding it very hard to eat. Nad nasal feeding tube...
Hello all. Mum starts 6 weeks of radiotherapy and 6 sessions of chemo on Wednesday for cancer at the back of her tongue that’s gone to her lymph nodes (exactly 8 weeks after diagnosis, which we are thankful it’s been relatively quick!) I need some...
