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Hi I'm 11 weeks post RT now. I'm still experiencing water blisters in my mouth a few every day. They are excruciatingly painful and although last about hour or two can really take the breath out of you. People say they are normal and will go. I spoke...
Hi everyone I asked for guidance here a few weeks ago regarding a close friend who I was trying to support but was finding it very difficult because he would only communicate through text and I felt as though I was letting him down. Thankfully by coming...
Hello. My husband had tongue cancer last summer and had a partial glossectomy, lymph nodes taken, chemo and radiotherapy. All treatment finished last September. He's recovered well (he'll never be happy with the way he now talks!) but generally doing...
I have extreme swallowing problems that they put down to a pre-existing condition. On barium swallow they've found a large filling defect exactly where I've been describing for the last two years. It's in the right pyriform sinus. Given 14 day referral...
Hi everyone, Recently my father was diagnosed of squamous cell carcinoma of the right vocal cord T3NOMO and scheduled to have 30 sessions of radiotherapy and 2 cycle of chemotherapy (cisplatin). Also he just had some of his teeth removed today. the...
Hi all. I went to see Surgeon Cdr Mr Williams again today and he confirmed cancer in my lymph node too. Therefore, He wants to take more tonsil tissue (to ensure that he got it all, I am unclear as to why he didn't take it all when he did the Tonsillectomy...
Hi After a tonsillectomy in July I was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer T2N1M0 SCC HPV+ in L palatine tonsil. The histology came back over a month ago. At the time of the histology and diagnosis my tongue, lungs and oesophagus were all clear. I am...
Have been my only option is a total laryngectomy as the cancer has returned. Anyone had or experienced this please very worried
Hello everyone my name is Anne70 and I'm new to the group My husband had a Laragyctomy a year ago due to cancer a few months ago he was diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer .
Hi all. We are just past our 1st year anniversary since surgery, but feeling a bit lost and unguided again with my wife's tracheostomy following tongue cancer and neck dissection to remove lymph glands you may remember the posts I put on last year and...
