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Hi everyone, so 3 weeks since my operation, still on lots of pain relief, but I can feel getting better, more discomfort than pain. I can still only eat soups and milkshakes etc How long before you could eat solid foods ( sound like a baby) and...
Hello it’s been a few weeks since I was last here. I’m now 8weeks post radiotherapy. I thought I was making reasonable progress with food but the sour horrible taste at the back of my mouth is constant whatever I try to eat and drink. Unfortunately I...
After having radiotherapy for 6 weeks she still cannot eat properly yet so she is still being tube fed but even though its been a bad few months she is now starting to go out by herself and doing really well recovering from the treatment, we don't know...
I found out that I have cancer on 5th January 2023. Squamous cell carcinoma on the top pallete of my mouth. I have lost half the top pallete and this has been reconstructed. I have lost all my teeth as well and am awaiting the fitting of implants. I have...
Hi I finished my treatment in mid January (30 RT sessions and 3 chemo) for base of tongue and lymph nodes. I am currently on sick leave but getting subtle pressure from work about when I might be well enough to go back. Lots of messages asking how I am...
Hello, just diagnosed with jaw and gum cancer.CT and MRi on Monday seeing surgeon next Monday. What should I expect? Already told surgery only option
Hi there, its me again. I am13 week post chemo/radiotherapy for left tonsil and right left lymph node cancer. I am continuing to have nipping pain on the left side of my throat where the tonsil was radiated. My throat was slightly bleeding last week but...
New to this group so just saying Hi. My sister has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer and is starting radiotherapy with a burst of chemo at the beginning and at the end. I think that bit was ok but they said she would have a feeding tube and it might be...
Hi everyone, haven't posted in quite sometime but here's a little update on my immunotherapy journey following the recurrence of oropharyngeal cancer last year after 18 years of being cancer free. So, last time I posted I was about to start Immunotherapy...
Hello all. 55 years old male. A year on from removal of lower right wisdom tooth. had pain still after a few months. Doctors, dentists and hospital missed many opportunities. Finally in December 2022, diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of lower...
