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Hi, my name is Joe and I just want to say hi to the group. I was diagnosed with Squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx in March. The last six months have been tough including treatment (30 x Radiotherapy) and (5 x sessions) of chemo in 6 weeks. I received...
Hi all, My 74y/o mother was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in 2022. She had a surgery to remove a portion of her tongue, we got the all clear... until it came back late last year. Well, in May, she went under to have a pretty large operation that...
Today was the day I'd been looking forward to (and dreading in equal measure !) with the results of my CT scan. On the whole it went really well. The oncologist is delighted with how my body has responded to the treatment. She talked me through the...
Hey all Hope everyone’s doing as well as they can do and if not hang in there… So I had my post treatment PET scan last week, took 5 months but hey ho, got a call yesterday to say it’s all clear… Dont get me wrong I’m incredibly relieved and kinda...
Hi all just a quick update. Home now after 18 days in hospital for my jaw surgery. Had to be done as sustain damage osteoradionecrosis from previous radiotherapy. Operation was complicated due to surgery site and previous radiation. I must say it's tough...
Hi, my 17 year old son is struggling after 6 weeks of proton beam therapy on his neck lymph nodes, nose and behind his eye. We were told symptons would peak 2 weeks after treatment finished and then get better. We're 9 weeks on since treatment finished...
Hello everyone, I'm a bit worried about how I'm feeling. I'm going to speak to my Macmillan nurse soon, but I appreciate any thoughts or experience you might have. I've had a cold for 3 weeks and my nose is blocked, so I'm mouth breathing and waking...
They got my pathology results back. Margin is now clear, 38 lymph nodes were removed (only one cancerous one,) Next is 6 weeks radiotherapy 5 days a week, PEG fitted and then possible 5 weeks chemotherapy, scared stiff! Hazel x
Hi everyone, New to all this. Got my diagnosis a week ago and have an appointment on Wednesday with consultant where I expect to find out about my treatment. Currently feeling completely lost
I have not posted the for a couple of months and would like to thank all the people who gave me support through my treatment from my diagnosis to finishing treatment seven weeks ago. When I was diagnosed with cancer (HPV base of tongue) it was terrifying...
