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Im not in UK, but your space was highly recommended and I hope it’s ok I am here… 63f, HPV+ SCC left palentine tonsil, local lymph node involvement. Heading to 2nd consult next week. Weighing all my options.
I finished my Radiotherapy in February. I have had a Really bad Cold and the Symptoms have been so much worse with Mucous and Saliva , I feel like it has exacerbated everything. I feel like I am back to where I was in the Spring. Anyone else experienced...
My partner left me 2 weeks before embarking on a 12 month reconstruction journey. I stupidly chase him but he replied saying he wanted a clean break. I would have dealt with this if I wasn’t going through what I’m going through. I was quite needy and...
This forum has been a huge help to us, you have been reassuring and honest. My OH had 30 sessions of radiotherapy for cancer on his right tonsil and lymph node, which he finished 10 weeks ago. No chemo. He managed without tube feeding, which was a real...
I'm ready to start seven weeks of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Both sides of my neck for stage 3 squamous cell carcinoma cancer affecting the tonsil, throat, soft palate, and lymph nodes. I was called to the hospital yesterday for a meeting....
Hi there this is the first time I've joined an online forum . My husband was today at his ENT appointment diagnosed with a 1A grade (i think) lesion on his right vocal cord . We were taken in a little room and given the bad news . Im on shock . He had...
Hi everyone, I'm nearing the end of week 2 of husband's radiotherapy and I'm feeling incredibly anxious. He's feeling good very little side effects yet. But after everything I've been reading I'm so anxious about the side effects beginning and worried...
Hello I'm new here. I have Tongue and Throat Cancer! I have to start my Radiotherapy Tuesday 16th December. But they can only give me Palliative care. which means A lower dose of radiotherapy. Because my body will not take the full amount of radio....
I probably won’t spell the word correctly but I have been dealing with it for ages by lying on my RHS using a mouth device etc. all strategies. I finished radio/chemo 8 weeks back for base of tongue carcinoma and a lymph node and feel like I am bouncing...
Hi all, had panendoscopy today. Consultant confirmed on paper it’s a tumor and just got to wait for results to see what flavor. Said lymph node’s are pretty sizeable on the right side, none anywhere else at the moment. MDT next I guess
