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Hi, im a 58 yr old female 3 weeks ago I was sent into hospital with what my doctor thought was quinsy. I had a swollen neck gland for a couple of months and also a lump on my soft palate. The doctor at A&E also thought quinsy and I was admitted on 24hr...
Hi all, I'm a HPV neck and throat cancer patient that has recently had the good news that I am now in remission following a real journey of ups and downs over the last 9 months. And for some reason, during my treatment and recovery period, I never thought...
I am two weeks post-op. Amazingly, the tumor that was on the floor of my mouth extending onto the side of my tonsillar pillar was basically “dead” and no cancer or dysplasia was found anywhere in this extremely extensive free flap reconstruction surgery...
Hi, I’m about 21 months out of 30 radio/2 chemo for base of tongue early stage. My swallow function seemed to be back to normal but there has been a sudden regression that jeopardises the swallow. Also, my voice is raspy all of a sudden and I cannot raise...
Not sure if anyone can help with this one but as an avid member of a choir i’m keen to know the likelihood of being able to resume this hobby post partial glossectomy and lymph node dissection. Anyone else on here had to deal with this ?
Hello all, I hope you are doing ok.. My partner is 8 months post chemo radiation for T3N0M0 Larynx SCC. We returned home from a lovely holiday in Majorca last week but whilst we were away, his voice became quite raspy and still is. He is due a check...
Hello all, Just wondering what's the average length of time to have an ng tube in place, please ? Had mine fitted on 9th July as I was struggling to eat and losing weight after surgery and 30 sessions of radiotherapy, which finished on 2nd July. Was...
I wondered if anyone had immunotherapy and how long, any side effects?
Hi all My mum finished her 6 weeks of radiotherapy/chemo on 6th June. Spent a lot of time in hospital due to various infections (mainly RIG related) she did well throughout, eating drinking etc, then had to start using the rig from week 3 after treatment...
Diagnosed 2 weeks ago. Awaiting mri and ct results Monday. So many questions and fears
