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Hi all, my husband has been diagnosed with head and neck metastatic cancer and is awaiting treatment. He is currently on morphine and other tablets to help with the pain. Is it normal to sleep all the time?
Will sun screen reduce radiation burn. Well it works with the sun
Dear All, Seen the oncologist yesterday and we had already decided to forgo the offer of GemCarbo chemotherapy. The side effects could be very bad and decrease my quality of life somewhat, while only extending my life expectancy by a few weeks. Doctor...
Hi Everyone Is anyone using or have used the infrared Thor tissue repair machine and if so how are you getting on with it? I'm using it after each treatment but it's very early days yet and will continue to do so but I'm curious to see others interaction...
To be honest this made me laugh now I’m either going to Chernobyl ? Or Radiotherapy. T1b N0 M0 SCC left vocal cord to be treated with radical radiotherapy over 4 weeks. To reduce the severity of the radiotherapy related side effects i would be grateful...
Hi and I'm sure long term members will be thinking oh no a question on acupuncture again!... but I've searched and can't find specifically what I'm asking. I'm 8 months post-op and although I know I'm slowly progressing, I'm still in a lot of pain,...
being diagnosed seems to be bringing many awful memories to the surface, regarding my experience with my mum and her cancer, she was sadly misdiagnosed so they were treating her for something completely different, i was her full time carer for 2 and a...
As if being diagnosed positive isn’t enough I have spent all morning trying to ascertain the reason for an appointment on Wednesday 14th it appears that because I declined there kind offer of removing a tooth that required filing , and had the treatment...
Hi all I’m week 3.5 of RT can anyone recommend something to help with very dry cough through the night? thank you
hello i am newly diagnosed, after a botched tooth extraction, by an idiot dentist, the root was left behind, so i had infection after infection, which has now turned into tonsil cancer, i unfortunately thought it was just another infection, so was put...
