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6 weeks of radiotherapy and 6x chemo anyone going thru the same for a chat and advice recovery time and food plan would be helpful if anybody knows anything cheers
Hi all my husband finished treatment for nasopharyngeal t4n2m0 last August he had a pet scan 2 weeks ago they rung yesterday to say we want to see him we are so worried they are going to say distant mets does this happen a lot, what else could it be
my partner is taking co-codamol not the very strong ones ..the 8/500mg. they have given him 30/500 mg in case he needs them but at the moment he is fine .he finished his treatment 2 days ago..the nurse gave him some laxido to go through the tube to...
Hi everyone I’m back again just to update you on my last few months, not a lot has happened since I moved in January, seen new surgeon in March for check up, I feel bit out of water as not my own surgeon who operated on my tumour, he was fantastic st...
Hello just wondered if anyone can share a positive story really , my lovely mum started complaining of a sore throat and ear ache a couple of months ago , we didn’t really think anything of it I said to her that the doctors won’t really do anything for...
Hi. Hope everyone is doing OK. Just a little update on my story. After no primary found on MRI or PET CT scans and no cancer located after tonsillectomy I had further biopsies done 2 weeks ago on a possible area back of nose which have also come back...
Hi, Just looking for a little info on the procedure I am having next week. Mucosectomy or removal of the top layer of tongue as I understand it. I was just wondering what the discomfort / pain levels are following this type of surgery. After recently...
Hi, my husband had a barium swallow done yesterday for difficulty swallowing and another medical issue and they’ve now referred him to ear/nose/throat because they randomly found “ Asymmetric appearance of the contrast bolus as it traverses the hypopharynx...
Radiation and chemo finished Aug 1, 2023 for me. (Tonsiil and sort palate cancer) I have lost a bit of weight and feel better for it. In fact, I doing well with eating, speaking, swallowing and experience no more pain related to the cancer. What I am...
Hi! Assuming this is the right group but if not let me know I’m 28, had continual ulcers for a few months on the right side of my tongue, went to a GP who referred me to a dentist, had a biopsy done and found out two weeks ago they found a small cancer...
