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Hi all! I hope you are all doing well. It's been two weeks since I last posted and I've read everyone's lovely well wishes for Paul and myself, so thank you so much. Last week was hard - Paul was due to have his RIGG tube fitted on Monday and...
Hi everyone, So week 4 complete, I had the last of my 2 chemo on Monday ,no more of that I hope !! Chemo has took its toll this time , gums are sore tongue is sore and dry ,and fatigue is shocking.also feeling nauseous. I'm not eating at all now...
Hi folks, Been a long time and I feel cheeky posting this. I had planned to post a 'hey life is OK 4 years on' message next week. I have been really struggling the past couple of weeks with discomfort, not really pain, in my stomach (a tugging where...
Hi everyone, So my diet is nearly all fortisips through Rig now apart from the odd scrambled egg in the morning. My question is , does your poo consistency get better or is it always like mud ,not sure if all the drugs are making it worse either ? Sorry...
I have just joined. I’ve had head neck cancer in January, I had surgery and then I had radiation in June. I have a lot of swelling in my mouth still, and. my speech is getting better, but I don’t understand why I still have this swollen. I guess you can...
Has anyone had tonsil cancer but just chemo and radiation? I know some people has there tonsils taken out but my husband didn’t. Nine months later his throat still isn’t the same, he always thinks the worse, you never know if it would come back. He goes...
iam 7 weeks post treatment eating everything and anything so rig came out 8 days ago ive done all what the nurse told me to shower not bath change dressing every 3 days for 7 days then take dressing off for good so i have took it off today its all dry...
My husband is nine months out of treatment for tonsil cancer, he gets 2000 calories a day, still cannot gain any weight back. He lost 35 lbs, he was 195 now 160. The dr says as long as he doesn’t lose any, drs doesn’t seem to say much about it. He’s 78...
Hi this may be long sorry in october i went swimming and got splashed over my head a lot ,the day after i got headaches and dizziness . Gast forward a week and i emded up with a dry sore mouth evrryone saying anxiety. That dry mouth chhanged to burning...
Peeps- i asked a simple question 5 days ago and have been overwhelmed by the positive responses from so many.Thanks to you all- too many to do individual responses- but i will maybe ask more personal questions when my treatment starts. Many thanks again...
