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Hi everyone, I start my radiotherapy and chemo 24th July, scary times ahead but getting myself prepared. Had my mask fitting and CT with contrast yesterday gosh that was fun it was when it started getting hard and the pressure of it getting tighter...
Hello, It’s taken me a while to get here, but I got the courage to finally post something. I am due to start treatment tomorrow,15th July and my anxiety is off the scale. I had an MRI when I had my radiotherapy mask filled and had a panic attack during...
Hi All, I just need a bit of advice from any females out there, after treatment ended do you have yearly papp (smear) tests or just the routine ones? I've been asking for yearly ones but am told (at 51yrs) it's every 5yrs now... and noone seems to...
Hi Has anyone any experience of having their throat dilated post treatment please? I was referred from ENT to gastro and had a flexible endoscopy with my throat stretched with a balloon from a 'tight stricture' to 9mm under sedation. They referred...
I was referred by my dentist on a 2ww after he saw something suspicious on my tongue, he said it didn’t look like a cancer to him but given my medical history of Stage 4B Hodgkins Lymphoma he wanted it looked at. Ten days later a doctor at the hospital...
Hello I had a superficial parotidectomy back in April this year, and it's been confirmed that I have mucoepidermoid carcinoma (salivary gland cancer). I have two options which I would like to get an opinion on from anyone who has had the same procedure...
Hi everyone I've completed the fundraiser walk last night, it was tough but so very worth it. I received a few donations from you lovelies here as well as a lot of love a care, so it's only fair you get an update and share in the glory. It was such...
Hi everyone I am looking for ways to support my sister - 10 weeks after chemo and radio. She has an NG tube and had started food trials. After 3 weeks of an upset stomach, she still has stomach pain and cant ring herself to eat or drink. Back to the...
Hi everyone. Apologies if this post is a duplicate. We’re in iffy internet reception. I'm 6 months post treatment today. Progress is going well. My issue atm is appetite return. I have no issues with taste or eating and can eat most things. I’m off...
My husband is having his PET scan today. I am driving him. His radiographer had recommended he sits in the back of the car afterwards (we have a 2 hour trip) and have windows open. I knew he shouldn’t go near our kids for 6 hours but did everyone else...
