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Hi everyone, Just an update ,I had a Rig put in not a peg!! My bad I must say the procedure was done like a well oiled machine ! But I wasn,'t told that once the meds had worn off that the pain would be so bad . Overnight stay in hospital was well...
Hi I’ve been diagnosed with throat cancer, the treatment was going to be an operation to remove it then radiotherapy, but ive been told the cancer is to large & is right against the main artery in the neck so the operation is to dangerous, so it’s going...
Hello people, I have not been on here for quite awhile and while I have accepted that my swallowing is not going to improve, I am learning to accept it. My main problem is my mouth, mostly it is dry beyond words and believe me I have tried everything...
Before my radiotherapy treatment my hair was totally grey. Wilma, my partner, has already made comments about this before but, when I went for a haircut yesterday, barber(ess) commented about the dark band of hair at my neckline - it is normally more...
Hi everyone, Quick update ,I will have my Peg fitted on Tuesday, which means over night stay in hospital. Is it an easy procedure ? Just another thing to set my anxiety off ,prior to my RT and CH. Mark
Hello, I'm new here. My partner was diagnosed with tonsil cancer which has spread to his tongue and lymph glands in his neck in July this year. It is HPV16+ He is in the process of undergoing 6 gruelling weeks of radiotherapy. He has just passed the...
Hi Everyone , My partner saw an oral consultant yesterday at local hospital and there going to sort out some teeth so he has a complete bite on one side of he's mouth and said obviously because the jaw has been reconstructed he wont be able to sort...
First day on here, just joined. My husband has head and neck cancer, done with chemo and radiation, 7 months out. Over two weeks ago he had a neck dissection to get all the cancerous lymph nodes. So he’s recovering from that. Now the dr said he has micro...
I've just finished treatment. It consisted of 30 lashes (fractions) of RT and 2 chemotherapy sessions. I now have a very red and sore neck. I've been applying Zeroveen which does help sooth the pain, but it forms crusty yellow areas on my skin in the...
Hi just wee update. I had a CT scan of my lungs recently as at beginning of my treatment the CT showed two tiny nodules on my lungs he described them as incidential . If ten people had a CT scan half could have them. After chasing up my cancer nurse I...
