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Hello every one. Should I bring concerned or is this normal side effects. I suffer continuously with a dry mouth however much liquid I drink. Any advice on the best things to drink? Also in the morning I wake with very dry edges to my lips. Like chapped...
Hi, First time on this site. Have been trying to pretend it all never happened and not wanting to face it. I had 6 weeks in hospital last year with radiotherapy and chemo for cancer in one of my tonsils. I couldn't eat for weeks and lost alot of weight...
Finished my treatments last week and currently have a NG tube in situ. I just can't seem to bring myself to swallow anything. I want to get off this feed ASAP. Does anyone have any tips? Still spitting thick saliva and blood. I'm dying for a cheese pizza...
Good evening folk. Just a quick update regards my surgery. As I have mentioned in previous threads the wheels are in motion for fibula free flap surgery to harvest my fibula and use this to construct most of my lower left mandible. 1st Oct planned and...
Hi was just wondering if this wooden feeling in my neck will ease over time. 12 weeks post RT. Even though I do my neck mouth exercises and drainage every day this feeling in my neck is awful. I constantly apply moisturer to my neck and that eases it...
Hello lovely people. Been getting Duraphat on GP prescription for maybe 3 years now. BoT Oropharynx, concurrent chemo radiation full gamut. Subsequent minimal saliva. You know the score. Today however my repeat request was refused. Some reference...
Well, this year has flown. It was a year on 8th September that I had a tonsillectomy and hemi thyroidectomy to remove right thyroid and cancerous nodule. In that time I have also had 6 weeks of radiotherapy and not eaten Christmas dinner, despite cooking...
New member, and really wish I was aware of these forums sooner as they look a great place to share experiences and seek advice. In March this year my world was turned upside down when, at the age of 48, I was diagnosed with HPV Head and Neck Cancer...
Hi guys, I finished my treatment exactly 3 years ago today. I'm doing gr eat, I feel well, am eating and drinking most things without problems even if food still tastes strange andI do still suffer from lack of saliva. Over the last two months I've...
Hi My husband had throat cancer stage 1 in March this year. The tumor was at the base of his tongue and went to 1 lymph node which is how he found it (a lump). He was lucky not to need chemo or radiotherapy so had robotic surgery to remove the tumor...
