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Hi all just a wee update. I had my first max fax apt today after being discharged from oncology 6 weeks ago. As you can imagine we get nervous going to these appointments. My consultant was amazing. I wrote all my questions down and had a full hours apt...
Hi all i had surgery mid July to remove all my tonsils, tongue base mucosectomy and neck dissection. I have not needed CRT. there is a lot of scar tissue at the back of my throat and my speech is quite impacted - very quiet, no volume and I struggle...
Hi everyone i was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma in May 24, I have had aright side neck dissection and am currently in my last week of radiotherapy , my taste has completely gone and I find eating awful, will the tastebuds comeback?
I have to have an urgent MRi of head neck with contrast tomorrow. Just wondered if there are any nasties to expect with the contrast stuff as I can be a bit soft when it comes to such things. I'm ok with the iodine they use for CT scans, but this stuff...
Hi everyone, I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself and connect with the group. Also wondering if anyone else has been through treatment for sinonasal cancer? I'm 3 weeks out of a 7 week course of proton beam therapy daily plus cisplatin once...
Morning all,so here I am again,firstly I want to say thank you for your replies to my last post on here,I came on to offload and then disappeared again,consumed by worry and fear so I also want to say sorry for not replying,your support helps so much...
Hi, 12 years ago my partner (Male 56) had a successful double kidney transplant and is on a large cocktail or drugs to maintain this, in march this year he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on the left lateral side of tongue with small progression...
Hi could anyone tell me if trying to get up mucus or phlegm is very hard after having head neck dissection and radiotherapy. I still feel as if I have something stuck at the back of my throat and don't know if this is just phlegm or mucus. It's so annoying...
Hi all, I met again with my consultant on Friday there. She suggested the route of further surgery in the tonsil area and neck dissection (2 nodes) as being a good way forward. The further surgery I understand is due to them only having a small margin...
Had Rig on the 4th. Still really painful and swollen. Rig surgery went bad and ward care was horrible. 8-11 hrs just to get paracetamol. Mask fitting didn’t go well, had to go back for refit and constantly having to call anyone And everyone to find out...
