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Hi Guys, Its been three years since my cancer diagnosis and treatment. Although I am feeling miles better, I have noticed that I am getting recurring infections, I have had severe tonsillitis and recently I have had bad infection in my foot which has...
Hi everyone I'm new to the group as its that time when I feel im torturing myself about when or if the side effects will ever go. I'm 3 weeks post treatment for nasopharynx cancer. Chemo and radiotherapy. I know 3 weeks isn't long but seems lo g to...
Hello, I'm four years out neck dissection, TORS part tongue removal,35 RADS at the highest possible Rads. I missed 'rehab' due to lockdowns. I have limited movement in my neck and its painful with lots of crazy pain spasms.. I can't find support that...
My husband finished chemotherapy and radiotherapy around 9 weeks ago for tonsil cancer (spread to back of tongue and x2 lymph nodes). He is struggling to eat anything and still heavily relying on his PEG tube. The CNS’s have told him he needs to start...
Hi my Mum has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, it’s inoperable but has been offers radiotherapy in a palliative form x 10 im coping really badly I’m sure I’m not the only one not coping well
Hi all, how are you all? i am 11 months after the treatment. I am very well, as some of you already knows, feeling great, eating almost everything. 6 weeks ago i notice pimple on my gum getting white (pus?) pimple where excitation was. Doesn’t hurt...
A few years ago I had mouth cancer and an operation involving a rim mandibulectomy, removing some (I’m not sure how much) bone from the jaw and reconstruction using flesh/vein (but not bone) from wrist. Recently I had a bad cycling accident, knocked...
I have a question. Firstly I hope you are all in your best health. The question is, and this is going to be longwinded, apologies. 5 years ago a lesion was found under my tongue, dentist visit. They sent me to Kings. It was on the vein so they never took...
Hi me again. Husband had Stage 3 throat cancer in the nasopharanx centred on the piriformis sinus T4aN2bM0 This afternoon he's had a terrible bout of coughing which lasted at least 15 minutes possibly longer. He had a funny taste in his mouth then the...
I finished radio in February and thought all was well ,I was eating as normal until a month ago,then ulcers have developed and now I'm back to using just my rig because of the pain I'm waiting on another biopsy because the petscan showed some sinister...
