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Me again! Well I’m now I’m my 3rd week of RT, had one Chemo too. I was doing really well till this week, I’d even put on 1kg! Unfortunately I’m not eating well, I prepare food but only eat maybe half at best, I just get to the point I can’t eat anymore...
Hi all, Hope everyone is doing OK. I've gotten some really good support here while my partner went through a partial gloss, free flap from arm and neck dissection (and then radiotherapy). Just want to start off by saying I wouldn't have believed how...
Hello again RT ended 7 weeks ago. All in all I don't seem to have suffered as much as I might have done. Lots of things are now improving, though occasional new things arise. For a laugh, I am thrilled to bits with the improvement in the skin on my...
Hi after my radiotherapy for vocal cord carsenoma I have the worse acid reflux I spend half the day coughing my head off. Trip to the gp me thinks
I am sorry to post with such a simple thing but I am living a nightmare, discharged from hospital Saturday after telling them by concern ( given Lactulose friday night) Yesterday I starte with UTI and constipation pain. Called 111 some 4 hours later told...
Hi I was diagnosed with a Sinus Cancer in Jan 23. I underwent chemotherapy. A Radical Maxillectomy with reconstruction and finally Radiotherapy. The cancer has not returned for which I’m blessed but unfortunately a PEEK eye socket implant was rejected...
Hi all. I was hoping for some advice and reassurance. I'm 42 and since February I have had the sensation of a lump in my throat followed by a small groth just below my left tonsil. I've had an appointment with my doctor and she has referred me to ENT...
Hi guys, thanks for coming to my post. Basically I went to my gp for this permanent sore throat and the feeling that something is ‘there’, he took one look and gave me an urgent referral. I was messed around for a week as they referred me somewhere worlds...
Hi I'm new here, my sister has just had surgery for tongue cancer, she's been told she is cancer free now but has to go through six weeks of radiotherapy. The problem is she has excessive saliva and it's really getting her down. All the speech therapist...
Hi all It is 12 months since I finished chemoradiation for tongue cancer T3N2M0. I had previously had 2 heart attacks and have myasthenia gravis so operating was not considered appropriate. Treatment was brutal but I got through and was given the...
