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Hi everyone hope you're all keeping well. Just bobbed on to give a quick update on my Vaccine trial progress. Last scan showed that the shrinkage has slowed down but still moving in the right direction. I've had 5 rounds of vaccines now and so far the...
Hi all I haven't been active in the forum for a while as doing well in my remission - Stage 2b R tonsil cancer HPV 16+, surgery and adjuvant chemoradiation completed in Aug 2019. Attended for routine OPA today and consultant thinks he felt something...
Hi all just an update after having my jaw bone removed and fibula from leg inserted in may I feel I’m doing well, although I’m into second week of radiotherapy and the effects are taking hold. I have a mouth full of ulcers can’t swallow too good as tongue...
My husband finished RT end of March, PET scan confirmed cancer has not spread anywhere else and after 2 appointments with consultant they have now confirmed the tumour has gone ( for now) so we have just booked a holiday. We are due to take a 2 1/2 flight...
Hi everyone today marks my 5 years since treatment finished.in many ways it’s flown by in others it’s not. just wanted to give hope up to other who will follow on in my footsteps treatment hard recovery can be long, But if I can do it anyone can everybody...
I am now 6 months post treatment and I am still struggling to eat. It is not so much the eating but the swallowing, my mouth is extremely dry which is bad enough but I still have a build up of mucus which makes it worse as it is thick in my throat which...
Another query! Husband 9 weeks post treatment and doing well overall. Hospital always told us he would have a PET scan 12 weeks post treatment. Today at his appointment he was told it now 4 months post treatment. They did not comment if this is for clinical...
my hubby finished chemo radiotherapy last Friday, day8 Or is it 9 now. His neck broke down as they said it would, e have been using the hydrogel on a tube plus hydro gel dressyon top. This seems to have worked really well and there is clearly new skin...
It is now nineteen months since I had a neck dissection and 43 lymph nodes removed. The nerve which controls my shoulder was severed and I was left with limited movement. After about 15 months, having had NHS physio for some months directly after the...
Hi I've written about my husband before - Stage 3 throat cancer but recovery was slow and problematic. I regret to inform you that yesterday evening, he died suddenly He'd had a really good day Saturday but was struggling with pain relief yesterday;...
