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Morning I'm in week 6 of radiotherapy, 3 sessions to go, and having a nightmare with mucus while trying to sleep. Keep waking up every hour to cough it up gross! I have Mucodyne to take 3 times a day, rinse my mouth with Caphosol 6 times a day and I...
Evening everyone, My Dad underwent fibular free flap surgery with left side neck dissection in February of that year. Six days into recovery he unfortunately suffered full free flap failure. It was a huge blow. The surgery was repeated harvesting muscle...
Can I ask about people's experience with neck/throat and swallowing exercises? What ones do you do, and for how long after treatment or are you still doing them? Nine months on, I'm finding it hard to stay motivated to keep doing mine once a day, as...
Hi everyone,I hope this message finds you all as well as you possibly can be.I’ve been awake since 2am with the usual anxieties whirring through my head so I did my usual searching of the forums when I came across 2 members posts which literally could...
Hi all! Just a quick update! I had my MRI & PET scans a fortnight ago. I saw my oncologist last Tues who said although the results of both scans looked encouraging the PET scan staff were sitting on the fence and would not make a call due to hit spots...
Hi, Partner is having some of his tongue removed due to a tumor and replaced with tissue from forearm. He has been told that his speech will be permanently affected. The speech therapist said he should be understandable but will struggle with certain...
Hello everyone, I recently received a diagnosis of T3N2 cancer on the epiglottis (HPV related) and have just finished my induction TPF chemotherapy. I'm now preparing to undergo chemotherapy with cisplatin and seven weeks of radiotherapy. I have some...
Hi all, I am four months post-chemoradiotherapy and generally doing well. Waiting for my first PET scan, very soon. In the last couple of days, I have had some ear pain. This was one of my symptoms pre-diagnosis. I have not had it since the start...
Me again, with another lymphoedema query. My husband has neck lymphoedema following treatment with chemo and radiotherapy. Getting advice and some treatment for that,but has also noticed he has very achy shoulders and upper arms which also appears to...
Hi All Can anyone tell me if they had to have sevetal teeth removed before starting Radiotherapy? Im due for 8 to be removed on Tues/Wed. Many thanks Debbie
