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Hi there, So, my partner has been to see the oncologist today to review his bloods before his second immunotherapy session on Friday. Bloods all ok which is good. He had a baseline PET scan done before his immunotherapy started a couple of weeks ago...
I am trying to assess the chances of any hearing loss (along with all the other side effects) from my forthcoming RT and CT treatment for head and neck cancer. They are unable to find the primary (after full neck surgery/removal, tonsillectomy and mucosectomy...
I was referred urgently on January 7th didnt actually see an ENT till October 12th had an assymetrical tonsil since having covid in 2021 seen doctors previously who put it down to scarring.This ENT seemed very worried diagnosed me with a range of problems...
How was everyone’s experience of scarring/fibrosis of the throat/tonsil area? I‘m at the end of week 2 of 7 radiotherapy and 2 of 4 chemo and my jaw is closing by the day! I can see the fibrosis at the back left of my throat where i get the extreme pain...
Hi everyone, I'm 55, male, and have been diagnosed with a sarcoma tumour cancer on one side of my larynx. The 'good' news is that it is a Grade 1 sarcoma and is therefore unlikely to be fast growing and/or spread (not in the short-term anyway), but...
Husband diagnosed with Tonsil Cancer which is also in his right neck lymph nodes - HPV - P16 (or is it P14?) positive - so apparently that's 'good'! We’re in our mid 60s, non (EX) smokers or drinkers – healthy diet. [He is also LADA (Type 1.5 diabetes...
Hello everyone! Well I had email issues recently, and so changed email address, my old one doesn’t exist now, but in doing this I lost access to the group. It took me a while to figure it out anyway, my husband is now around six weeks post radiotherapy...
I’m 4 weeks post RT. Going through the side effects but getting better. Can eat some food but can’t gain any weight although I’m not losing any weight anymore. I’m experiencing a weird symptom when I’m eating solid food. It seems there is a gland or something...
Hi I am so anxious so thats why I am here. I am 45 and I had ultrasound yesterday and doctor found dark lump on my thyroid gland on scan(U4) .He took biopsy and send letter to Gb so my Gb referred me to thyroid cancer department (surgery).I am so worry...
I have P16 + diagnosis, had a neck dissection (to removing secondary, nodes, tonsils etc), A PEG installed and a mucosectomy. They cannot find any primary cancer. Referred to oncology who say that my circumstances are "rare" (so there are no 'stats...
