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Just a quick update. 3 down not too bad an experience the mask squashing my nose is the most uncomfortable part. Using creams mouth wash toothpaste. No side effects as yet in fact and bizarrely my croaky voice has improved. Treatment appointments are...
Hi all, I'm here as a my husband has recently been diagnosed with cancer in his tongue. He is now 3 weeks post Op , after the removal of the mass. He's recovering really well. It is apparently an extremely rare type of cancer in the tongue we are...
Hi, First time posting and recently diagnosed with suspected head and neck cancer. I'm a 51 year male and in early January this year I noticed a lump appeared on the right hand side of my neck. No other symptoms and feeling completely normal and healthy...
Been having night sweats for about a month is this common with lymph nodes tumours in the neck
T1b N0 M0 SCC left vocal cord Day 1/20, lift off 15:50 26/02/2024.
Hi im new on here i was diagnosed last october with throat cancer. Im starting my 3rd chemo next week followed by 6 weeks of radiotherapy. I have a tracheostomy in place what are the chances of them removing my trachy after everything is finished an cancer...
Hi everyone! I completed my treatment last year ( mid Aug) & got a ‘complete response’ in December. I had undergone chemoradiation for tonsillar cancer ( T3N0M0 ). l had my first review subsequent to the examination in Dec; 9 weeks later. I have been...
Good afternoon. I am new here. I was diagnosed with T2 salivary cancer yesterday. I am in state of shock. Awake the whole night my brain went into overdrive. I am scared and overwhelmed. The prospect of treatment scares me more than surgery itself. Also...
I joined a while ago but not posted before. I have tumour at base of tongue. Have had chemo and radiation, I've felt great and felt like a bus ran me over but missed my head so came back for another try! I live with my partner, no pets, no children...
Hi, I wonder if anyone could give advice my husband has had throat op, chemotherapy /radiotherapy, and neck dissection. I know this is a lot to go through and it's been nearly two years since diagnosed but he just keeps feeling sick, tired has no energy...
