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Hi My husband is having session 35 of radiotherapy tomorrow which is his last one. It has been a long journey to get to this point. Once he got the diagnosis (which took nearly 2 yrs) and the oncology department were involved things moved very quickly...
Hi all I’m now 13 treatments in to my 30 course radiotherapy and am having to use the feeding tube as my mouth is so sore. I’m bolus feeding this weekend but need to move to the pump or I’ll never fit feeding in around all my hospital appointments....
Hi Lyn ,I have just read your cancer journey, you certainly have been through the mill, yet your posts are always positive and very helpful to anyone who needs help, even while recovering from an operation you have still found the strength and time to...
Good morning all I am back on to glean some more info from all the experts! I finished my treatment (7 weeks Chemo & Radio) 2 weeks ago & things are definitely starting to improve. I am starting to take my "lovely" shake drinks orally without to much...
Hi, first post here About 6 weeks ago I was admitted to A&E with blood clots on both lungs. 3 weeks ago, I was released with much clearer lungs and put on blood thinners. I thought of myself as “lucky” A few days later, I was called back in and told...
I am 5 months post treatment, 7 weeks daily.radiation and three cycles of Cisplatin. First two months after radiation ended were when I suffered the worse side effects. I had terrible sores on my tongue which made eating and drinking anything painful...
Hello again, Another question - sorry - my husband is due to start his radiotherapy/chemo treatment in April - he will have the planning apps, dentist, etc and they said this should take about 4 weeks, then the treatment for 6 weeks. We had a holiday...
Hi everyone, hope you are all doing OK x Well we went for the follow up app today after hubby had his op 3 weeks ago. The news wasn't great!! He had 35 lymph nodes taken out and some contained squamous cell cancer and had started to spread out....
Hi everyone. I am new here. I was diagnosed with SCC base of tongue & right neck lymph nodes on 31 January. Initial treatment plan was 6 weeks x 20 minutes of Radiation with Chemo Week 1&4. Following a PET scan that has changed to Induction Chemo x5 with...
Hi all, Has anyone else been referred to Onkohealth by their NHS care team? I am wondering if it is worth doing... At the moment (start of treatment) it just feels like another commitment to keep track of. Thanks Steve
