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I know I'm lucky to have had a successful mouth neck dissection operation using part of my hip and I have not have to undergo chemo or radiotherapy. I left hospital about a month ago and was told all should go back to normal in time as no nerves severed...
I am now into my sixth year of treatment, six weeks ago two small lumps were found under my arm. After a meeting of the team it was decided to leave it for six weeks. During that time a scan would be done to determine whether it had grown. Unfortunately...
Every thing that went down yesterday came back up with a vengeance last night . I am losing weight and know I can’t afford to. I still have 9 sessions to go and they are giving me anti sickness medication today but I’m worried that I might lose too much...
Hi all this is the end of first week radio and chemo . Diddnt feel too bad towards end of week but for some reason sat and sunday everything going downhill. Taste has more or less gone completely which is making me anxious about getting enough calories...
Had the surgery January 24th that is in my previous post, and now today had the results from the removed pallete and lymph nodes. There was no spread to the lymph nodes and the treatment is still curative. I have 6 weeks of radiotherapy, Monday to Friday...
Stephen: Stage 2 tonsil cancer: HPV 16. Treatment end 20 January. Hello all, Well my symptoms peaked in the 3rd February, and since then things have been improving. Recently, however, I have started to feel nauseated - without being sick - and occasional...
Hello everyone I was recently diagnosed with Non Hodgkin lymphoma which caused a tumour at base of my neck just behind my ear I am in middle of second chemotherapy cycle and have several more cycles to go before starting radiotherapy. Is there anyone...
Hi All My cancer is on the right side of my tongue and the floor of my mouth at the back. But I've been getting pain in my jaw which is getting worse. Sometimes it feels like really bad tooth ache in the right side of my jaw at the back, sometimes...
Hi, I'm 8 weeks post treatment for tonsil cancer now and have a couple of random questions about pain relief and oncologists. I know everybody is very different, but when it is appropriate to start reducing pain relief? I told my SALT @ 3 weeks ago...
Hi all, My MDT meeting was on Wednesday and, today, I had a treatment planning meeting with an oncologist. I am puzzled by something... HELP! My cancer is HPV positive (they originally told me HPV negative, but that was revised at the MDT meeting...
