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After being told that chemo radiation has not been successful for my husband, he had his first immunotherapy treatment of nivolumab 3 weeks ago. For the first 10 days he had some mild d iarrhoea, but otherwise he was okay, and much better than he was...
Hi.....my husband has cancer of the lower throat ( hypopharynx) ,inoperable and unable to have radiotherapy/chemotherap. He has received 7 immunotherapy infusions so far (every 6 weeks). I have noticed that his breath smells lately ( of poo ): ) which...
Hi, anyone had a Laryngectomy? I've had neck dissection and Radiotherapy which has left me with silent aspiration, I've had Pneumonia 14 times in 18 months and to stop the Aspiration Pneumonia it's been suggested by my Maxifacial Surgeon to eliminate...
I've been researching cream to apply during radiotherapy. Oloa vera has been used for sunburn, when my hubby asked the radiotherapist if he could use Oloa they said just use the Epimax paraffin subscribed. Just wondered what everyone else had done or...
It is 18 months since I finished my treatment for base of tongue and neck cancer. Physically I feel fine. My eating and drinking are almost back to pre cancer days. I still have a dry mouth and my sense of taste us still altered. My problem now is that...
I had surgery for ACC of the left submandibular gland in July 2021. The surgery was followed by 33 sessions of radiotherapy. In December 2022 I had a PET ST scan followed by a head and Neck MRI. These were ll repeated 2 weeks ago together with biopsies...
Hi all I am going to be having my Ng tube removed and replaced with a Peg. I feed at night so have to sleep proped up. Will i still have to be proped up at night with the Peg, or will i be able to lay down normally, as the tube will be straight into...
I have just had a total laryngectomy and am considering buying a hand held portable nebuliser to use when spending the odd weekend away from home. Has anyone had experience using one? Any recommendations as there are a few on the market with big price...
Hi everyone. I am new to this online community. My husband has just started his radiotherapy today for tonsil cancer. Day 1/30. Knowing I'm probably going to benefit from receiving and also giving support to those in similar situations. Gaining...
Hi all Been reading through all the Radiotherapy paraphernalia given ...density sensor lekky razor on order....any suggestions on affordable alcohol free moisturisers? Stopped using aftershave many years ago...all my moisturising after shave lotions...
