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Hello I’m 44 recently diagnosed with cancer. I thought I’d be able to handle everything. Kids are grown out of on their own I’m divorced. I’m starting to fill overwhelmed and alone. I never thought I’d be diagnosed with such a disease. Thank you for the...
I have base of tongue cancer and went through 30 sessions of radiotherapy and 5 chemo ..I finished on the 12th Sep and still can still only feed through a rig .but I am going in 3 weeks to see someone thats going to give advice on eating and what food...
Good Evening, I had a rare kind of salivary gland cancer three years ago which required two surgeries. I didn't heal well and my surgeon says the scarring is the worst he's ever seen. I have nerve damage too which means I can't chew food and am in pain...
I was in alot of pain yesterday so a called 111 it was 2.10am before someone got back to me and they were want me to go in a had no way of getting there at that time so I just assumed if a cou6get some pain relief and a got told a would get deyhdracodine...
A got a biopsy last Wednesday the 15 and my mouth is still sore I got dihydrocodeine with didn't help the pain a phoned 111 and got put on naproxen and my throat and tongue is still sore is it worth phoning 111 again and asking for something strange ...
Hi everyone. 7 weeks ago, I had a mandibulectomy with a fibula free flap reconstruction to del with a stage 4 SCC along with a neck dissection. The surgery went well and my recovery has been good. Still frustrated that my speech isn’t 100% back to...
Hi , My husband just found out his PET scan results yesterday following chemoradiation for base of tongue Hpv 16 +ve scc cancer with cervical lymph nodes involved too. While we are delighted that his tongue showed no cancer he has a lymph node which has...
My partner is now beginning week 3 after radiotherapy treatment for cancer in tonsil and lymph gland. He has struggled, but managed without feeding tubes. He is not getting enough hydration or nutrition from 4 fortisips a day and about half a litre of...
I got another biopsy on wednesday the 15 of October at 8 in morning and I was on morpine for the 2 days in hospital all was well when a was discharged on Thursday t time the gave me dihydrocodeine and paracetamol but the pain was to much so I phoned 111...
Hi, my partner was recently treated for hpv left tonsil cancer which had spread to his left lymph node, 6cm. He completed chemo/radio treatment for 6 weeks and they gave him a full PET scan at 12 weeks. He then received a letter to say they were happy...
