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OH had his stomach feeding tube put in two days ago (even though he can still eat soups etc for now) but every time he swallows liquids some of it fills the feeding tube so we have to flush it with water even though he is not using it. Is this normal...
Hi everyone my husband went for his 6 week check post radiotherapy yesterday,everything is looking as it should at this stage ,I feel like we have crossed the other side now and are well on the road to recovery,he's up and about walking the dogs ,shopping...
My husband has been for 8 week check up on his p16 carcinoma .he originally had 6 weeks chemo and 35 radiation ,he was on fortisips through peg since. One of them that way and drinking them normally. The problem now is he is slurring again a lot and struggling...
Hi, Any advice on PEG tube belts/waistband support ? I'm using tape but all just peeling off. Thanks Turi
Hi everyone I’m delighted to say I was given the all-clear yesterday. Diagnosed with stage 3 tongue/throat cancer last December. Treatment with Cetuximab and radiotherapy for 6 weeks across March and April which made me very poorly. Recovery has been...
Finished Chemoradio (30 RadioT +4 cisplatin) on June 2nd this year...spent 12 days in Ninewells Dundee afterwards due to weight loss control....times were challenging...but small steps forward were being made...PEG tube feeding kept my weight stable....
Hi.. I am awaiting biospy results for horse voice and obviously am hoping it's all clear but since my biospy I now have no voice at all, nothing comes out of my mouth..its been 2 weeks since biospy not goi g to ENT clinic for another 2 weeks. Feel...
Hi all just an update I’ve had three ops, now on second day of radiotherapy hoping I wint be too uncomfortable with the side effects. My face is slowly going from swollen to wonky but I think a few months will sort it all, tbh I don’t think I’ll ever...
Hi again my husband is three weeks post treatment and still feeling so very tired...Im wondering how long others were tired for? Thanks x
Well, it’s three years today since I got the phone call confirming they’d found SCC cells in the annoying lump in my neck, ‘Probably tonsillar in origin’. In the three months following the full diagnosis of T1, N1, M0 I underwent TORS to remove the offending...
