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Hi All I am 9 weeks post treatment and have just had my NG tube removed after 3 months. I’ve tried various different types of food but I seem to be struggling with most things. Inside my mouth, my tongue and my teeth are still really sensitive which...
ATM I'm taking 5ml of sodium picosulphate (dulcolax).. do I need to come off slowly, say, every other day, or will I be ok to just knock the one 5ml spoonful on the head, now that I'm no longer taking morphine..
Hi all I've had my diagnosis today for squamous cell carcinoma in my neck so awaiting the start of treatment. How long did you have to wait before start of treatment from diagnosis? Thanks
Well, just shy of 4 years since diagnosis and I'm once again on the operating table. This is becoming an annual event. However this time it looks 80-90% like a tumour. A week to wait for the panendoscopy and then a couple of weeks for the histology and...
Hi to everyone reading this. Today Im waking up and the sun is shining and life feels .sweeter. Yesterday after a tough 10mths (T4tonsil cancer spread to lymphs and base of tongue)I was shown my clear PET scan results and told the yreatment had been...
Second post so just wanted to provide an update on my treatment post surgery, which was to remove a tumour on the tongue with a free flap repair, and neck dissection to remove cancerous lymph nodes - T2N3bN0 (HPV negative). Week 5 of treatment now and...
Hi all, sadly I’m on here as to my horror I’ve been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer for the 2nd time 16 years later, the last time was in 2003 when I was 21, I had a large tumor in my nasal cavity, it took some time to be diagnosed, I went through...
Hi . I finished treatment in 2018 for NPC and whilst I am thankful that the radio therapy and chemo were successful, I still have issues with dry mouth and a swollen tongue. This has worsened lately and I struggle eating and swallowing sometimes. Has...
Hello It has taken me a while to post, here goes …husband found a lump in his neck late December, finally had an ultrasound 10th Jan and was told there and then likely cancer. Biopsy confirmed. He has extra capsular spread in lymph nodes so they can...
Evening people, During Radiotherapy (Parotid Gland) my ear began to crust up and fill with liquid. Toward the last two weeks (of 6 weeks) therapy I couldn't hear much out of it at all. Now 4 weeks after treatment I find that whilst my hearing is getting...
