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Tiadora here well I’ve had my ct scans done on my legs today so I should hear shortly about op date, I’m worried as pain is getting worse tumours spreading in mouth and now under base of tongue, my team know I’m just hoping it’s nit spreading so much...
Hi, I finished my final radiotherapy on 12th May. I do not have a feeding tube so am just drinking fortisips. My question is, when are you able to start eating normal food again as the fortisips are getting a bit tiresome. The hospital are sending out...
Progressing, though every week brings new challenges...all of which are tolerable.... Weight dropping off due to mouth and throat pain ...loss of taste ...teams at Ninewells have been great...feed pump and training supplied today to enable weight gain...
Hi, It's my first time posting on here but I've read lots of posts hoping to find some answers. My father who is 83 years old has been diagnosed with Maxillary Sinus cancer. His symptoms started in December 2022 when he visited the dentist because...
Hello all,I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed to say the least and was hoping someone could help me a little.My Husband was diagnosed with a nasal tumour 2 weeks this Thursday,last Thursday he had his biopsy and today his MRI scan,so everything has moved fast...
My husband has been diagnosed p16 posative stage 4 sqaumous carcinoma . Hi I’m Donna, my husband is 62 gets fitted for peg feed next week and treatment starting on 20th April . im worried sick as to how he will handle radiation and chemo ,and worried...
Hello! My name is Nadiia, I'm from Ukraine. Due to the war now, I live in Scotland. I have ACC of the salivary gland. I had surgery and radiotherapy in 2017. Now I have mets in my both lungs. Approximately 4 nodes less than 1 cm. In Ukraine oncologist...
I wanted to thank everyone who wished me well on my operation. It took 14.5 hours. What an amazing ENT team! I'm.at home now after 8 days in hospital. Fed with a tube for 4 days, now eating very small amounts at L6. Painful.toneat at times, but thats...
Ever since i had my RIG fitted i've had problems, it's leaked most of the time causing the skin to be painfully sore and infected, and be in excruciating pain when ever i moved. I finally had the stitches snipped on the buttons this morning, the nurse...
Hi all, my husband has just finished his 6 week radio/ chemo treatment for throat cancer and we were told to expect weeks 7-8 to be the worse. This week (week 7) has started horrendously. District nurse came today to give him an anti-sickness injection...
