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I joined this group some years ago but for some reason my login details were lost. I've been in remission since 2009 but still unable to build muscle in my neck so sometimes it makes walking to keep my fitness levels up difficult. I've tried countless...
yeah, I know.. stop touching it then.. but, on a more serious note.. could this be where they attacked the base of tongue? right side, upper trap, neck/shoulder area.. I know that I'm still healing after 8 months, but just curious TBH.
Well hello everyone, about time I updated what's happening with me; been a while since I posted regularly. I've always kept eyes on here, I get email notifications of all activity, but this corner of the Macmillan Community runs absolutely brlliantly...
Hi just wondering if anyone will be attending the swallows head neck conference in Sheffield next Wednesday and Thursday. I'm going and looking forward to hearing the success stories and finding out as much as I can about this type of cancer. Xx
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Hi I am in the fortunate position to be post treatment by 5 and half months. They got the cancer in both my tonsils and I should be celebrating. Sadly I am not I returned to work at the beginning of September on phased. I started feeling really odd and...
Hi everyone , So nearly finished first week of 1x CT and 5 RT. Not sure if I should be concerned,but I've reached the metal taste stage already is this the norm? And does it go away? See my dietician today after treatment,should I bring it up with...
Hi all Don't know how to find my previous posts but just to say that 51 weeks ago I was terrified when my dentist found the "suspicious areas" inside my cheek which did turn out to be Stage 2 cancer. The fear of the treatment (radiotherapy and three...
Where to start. Back in August my wife (42 y/o) woke up with a golf ball on the upper right side of her neck. Ultimately ended up with a US, which showed a 3.1cm x 2cm x2cm hypoechoic mass. Differential was complex cyst vs neoplasm vs lympadenopathy....
Was told to start using Difflam mouth wash 4 times a after first chemo. Found that it numbed my tongue and cheeks too much so was told to dilute it with water. Did anyone else feel the same.? Sore mouth hasn't kicked in yet ,only on day 4 of RT.also...
