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Does anyone have some tips to help with the throat sweeping from radiotherapy. cheers
Hi All I looking for some advice on acupuncture to help with saliva. I am very interested in trying this but I’m not sure how long I should wait after treatment. I’m 8 weeks post treatment. Can anyone advise when the best time to try this is please...
Hi I had surgery 5 weeks ago for neck cancer. There were complications and I spent 3 weeks in intensive care. I’m now home but with a tracheostomy and feeding tube. Is there anyone in a similar situation who can offer support. It’s hard when I was so...
Hello My husband had been experiencing a sore throat, swallowing problems, ear pain and then developed a lump on his neck a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday he was told by the ENT he had cancer on his vocal cord. While we were kind of expecting such a...
3 weeks ago, I started experiencing left sided ear pain when I swallow. I ignored it, assuming that it would clear up. Finally, I decided to go to the doctor assuming that I had an ear infection. By this point, my lymphs nodes in my neck had begun to...
Hey all, it’s been a slog, but finished my six weeks of chemo radiotherapy today! I was diagnosed early Feb with cancer on lingual right tonsil (T2 N1 M0, hpv 16+) I had two rounds of chemo (Cisplatin) on week 1 and week 3. The second dose really...
Hello peeps. what a world we live in. 10 weeks ago I didn’t have a scoobie radio therapy starting Monday week. turned down the peg feed tube. Was that a mistake?? be good to hear from anyone who’s been thru this and the swallowing thing im so scared...
Hi everyone, Thank you for all your responses from my previous post everyone’s input was very helpful! As my dad is 9 weeks post treatment, he is still experiencing muscle pain within the throat of a morning and evening. Is this normal since he’s had...
Hello , me again not being able to find my previous post , I have moved mum to my house as of Friday last week , Wednesday I thought she was dying I thought I could smell it on her breath …. Since being at mine she perked up a little bit for a couple...
Hi, my partner has completed chemo and radio therapy 8 wrks ago. He seems to be suffering with a swollen neck (lyhoedema I think they call it). He's seen the dr yesterday and they said it was usual and he could get referred for 'treatment' but that could...
