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Hey I have about 20 boxes of Fortisips, all different flavours and 2 boxes of strawberry scandishakes. I can give them back to Nautricia but they throw them away even if it's unopened! So if anyone lives near Newcastle do you want them? Seems such a...
Hi just really need advice, don't really want to use Google, for the past year I've suffered badly with a sore throat on one side, it used to be on and off but for the past 6 months it's been constant, I did see ent a year ago who did ct scan and showed...
Hi, I was diagnosed and treated for head and neck cancer Jan 2023. During and following treatment I have been using Caphosol dispersive tablets to create a fizzy mouth rinse. These have now been discontinued and I am struggling to find an alternative...
i I’m new here. Iv had a lump inside my nose for about 3 years septum wall it has been growing slowly also Iv been having drenching night sweats for a while. I seen ENT department in March they said it’s definitely not a polyp but they’re not to worried...
Me again! Well I’m now I’m my 3rd week of RT, had one Chemo too. I was doing really well till this week, I’d even put on 1kg! Unfortunately I’m not eating well, I prepare food but only eat maybe half at best, I just get to the point I can’t eat anymore...
Hi all, Hope everyone is doing OK. I've gotten some really good support here while my partner went through a partial gloss, free flap from arm and neck dissection (and then radiotherapy). Just want to start off by saying I wouldn't have believed how...
Hello again RT ended 7 weeks ago. All in all I don't seem to have suffered as much as I might have done. Lots of things are now improving, though occasional new things arise. For a laugh, I am thrilled to bits with the improvement in the skin on my...
Hi after my radiotherapy for vocal cord carsenoma I have the worse acid reflux I spend half the day coughing my head off. Trip to the gp me thinks
I am sorry to post with such a simple thing but I am living a nightmare, discharged from hospital Saturday after telling them by concern ( given Lactulose friday night) Yesterday I starte with UTI and constipation pain. Called 111 some 4 hours later told...
Hi I was diagnosed with a Sinus Cancer in Jan 23. I underwent chemotherapy. A Radical Maxillectomy with reconstruction and finally Radiotherapy. The cancer has not returned for which I’m blessed but unfortunately a PEEK eye socket implant was rejected...
