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New RIG started weeping/oozing/leaking. Phoned 24hr helpline who said I needed to present at A&E - not what I wanted to hear. 5hrs later I got home with antibiotics and changed dressing. As usual, hugely tiring process but met the usual mix of inspirational...
Hi everyone, my dad 63, has recently been diagnosed with tongue cancer which has spread to the floor of his mouth and the lymph nodes in his neck. He is refusing surgery due to the extent of it and has opted for 6 weeks of intensive radiotherapy which...
Hello! I‘m new to this group but really grateful for finding this online community. I’m hoping to get some advice on how to support my dad with loss of taste and helping him to enjoy eating again. My dad was treated with surgery, radiation & chemo...
I have been hiding in the shadows watching the fantastic support given to and by everyone on this sight. I received a diagnosis of SCC of tongue on the right side on 26/10/23. I had surgery last Thursday to remove the part of my tongue containing the...
Hi all, I hope you are well. My mum has recently finished radiotherapy for her neck cancer. In the last few days she’s had some ulcers / wounds come up on her hands . They are quite bad and on both hands. They look like an open infected wound. Has...
Hi everyone. Something I have always dreaded has happened. I have an infection under the back tooth in my lower jaw!!!! This back tooth has been a problem since day 1. I have a ‘pocket ‘ behind it and have had several gum infections around it. The area...
I have had a sore place in the corner of my mouth for quite some time since my second maxillectomy. I did not think to mention it to my surgeon as I thought it would come good by itself. Recently my prosthodontist identified that I had a fungal infection...
Advice please, it is suddenly all catching up; very sore mouth this morning, right side tongue and tonsil area feel inflamed and sore. Day 12/30 RT done. Used prescribed mouth wash and soluble co-codamol, but eating breakfast painful. Also using difflam...
Got fitting the rig on Friday...came home yesterday , doctor wouldn't check wound and just discharged me and said radiotherapy will check it and doctor has to remove stitches in 10 days ! I keep getting what I can only describe is a bubble that is painful...
Hi all A question for those who have come out the other side - so to speak. I’m in week 8 after treatment - chemo at week 1 and 4 and 30 rounds of radiotherapy. I am planning to go to meet friends at a pub on Dec 10th and to go to a restaurant for my...
