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Hi was wondering if anyone experienced this. I'm 19 weeks post RT now. Had head neck dissection and stage one cancer cut from my tongue. No lymphnodes spread. My question is I get a lot of water blisters on my tongue but have never had any sores on my...
Just been diagnosed with base of tongue malignancy with bilateral neck spread and am waiting now for treatment to start any advice would be appreciated as I have no real idea on what to expect and I understand everybody is different in how they react...
My dad was dx with SCC, HPV+ of tonsil in 2019, had modified neck dissection, TORS of both tonsils with wide margin on right affected tonsil. He was T1N1 with only pos. node on neck dx. Radiation to area, PET 3 months later showed mets to lung. Had Keytruda...
Hello everyone, Just had phone call from Claire my dietician saying she is coming Tuesday morning to change balloon in my RIG ,and community nurse will be taking RIG stitches out ! Is this a painful procedure ? Do I need to prepare myself for more...
In March I had a what I thought was an ulcer at the back of my mouth n then I forgot about it, I went to see the dentist in June who took one look n sent me off to see my gp had an appointment the following day at the hospital, everything was moving really...
Hello all, I hope you are all well.Ive been diagnosed with SCC on my left tonsil HPV related a year ago.I had my oral surgery to remove the tonsil and the neck dissection to remove lymph nodes. There was no evidence of cancer metastatic to the surrounding...
Hi I Hope everyone's getting on as best as possible. Has anyone had a neck dissection and get pains like on the outside of their head etc or headaches. Just want the heads up All the Best Minmax
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