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Hi again so I have squamous cell carnicoma,mouth cancer that has spread to my neck,the surgery plan is...left neck dissection,did say tracheosfomy but I have been told that won't be necessary,dental clearance,tumour dissection including rim resection...
Hi all, I am writing on behalf of my husband who was diagnosed in April 2021 with cancer of the base of his tongue, which had spread to his neck, T2N2M0. The diagnosis took some time, following the serious head pain he had, left side, and multiple collapses...
Week 5 possible swollen ankles? Thoughts?
Im digging deep in co-codomol. Hanging in on eating and drinking. Counting my blessings.
Hi my name is Ivan Have been looking at this forum over past 14 months. only now getting round to joining. I took facial paralysis mid 2021 which I thought was Bells Palsy. Dr referred me to ENT and after CT & MRI scans and several biopsy diagnosed with...
All being equal, I'm positive. My consultant is obsessed with installing an emergency feeding tube, but I'm eating and drinking moderately well. Stoic Philosophy serves me well.
Hi, I am new to this group, I had neck dissection April 2022, during surgery they removed 23 lymph nodes ( 13 of which were cancerous) I also had my internal jugular vein and my spinal accessory nerve sacrificed, since completion of my R/T and C/T July...
I was informed on 28.12. 2022 that the biopsy taken from my tounge was cancerous. I need to have a scan to see if there has been any spread to my lymph nodes. From what I have read if there has been no spread the treatment will be surgery only and I will...
Forgot how to post so thought I would log out and then log back in. What a technophobe I am! Hope you don't mind me asking this but the part of the tounge around the lesion feels numb (bit like anesthetic for biopsy). Has anyone else had this sort of...
