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Hi everyone. Sorry for bizarre question but I had a surgery for a posterior lateral partial glossectomy 19 days ago. Im so blessed to not need radiotherapy. Im still healing and stitches beginning to fall out (I thought they mostly dissolved) but...
Hi.i am now six weeks into recovery after 6 weeks of chemoradiotherapy ,before the treatment i had 5 teeth removed including my wisdom teeth 2 days after they expected me to have the rest of my teeth cleaned but my mouth was too sore . The appointment...
Recently had squamous cell cancer removed from inside my mouth..grafted flap ,neck dissection and lymph node removal and tracheostomy. Finding it hard now after RT and chemo, pain still remains in face , not got full control of swallow so everything is...
Hey all. So we had our consultant appointment today post my husbands parotidectomy and neck dissection. Cancer was in 7/42 lymph nodes and was extracapsular in lymph nodes. Consultant explained this is an aggressive indicator but I think overall still...
I thought I'd post this as there are a few starting, in treatment or on the long haul to recovery, and this may just help give some hope. 2 years ago today I paid my last visit to the LINAC at Southampton hospital following 29 previous sessions of RT...
Hi all, Just a quickie. I'm going for my dental check on Wednesday morning and mask fitting in the afternoon. At the dental check will do any treatment there and then if I need it, or will I need to go back. I'm wondering if I can drive to both appointments...
Hi everyone, I am really struggling to maintain my weight through CRT. I had oral surgery to remove tumours from gum, cheekbone and roof of mouth. My mouth opening is limited so can't use full size cutlery and one one small area of my mouth to chew. I...
Hey all, I’m new here and wanted to intro myself. I’m 11 weeks post op (secondary lymph node removal and partial removal of my tongue via TORS) and I’m just 2 weeks out of hospital . Unfortunately, I had a catastrophic bleed which led a cardiac...
Hi all I’m in a bit of a mess today. Feeling so anxious doing all the care for mum. She is end of week 3 of 4. I was supposed to have help outside of taking her treatment and travel and support but now I’m going all and her staying some nights so not...
After the peg / rig is fitted through your abdomen and into your stomach, did anyone have to take time off work to recover from the procedure?
