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My husband is 18 months post 35 fractions 2 cisplatin T4aN2cM0 he keeps developing spots/plaque on his head and neck and becoming painful . They seem to dry up but come back. It’s a viscous circle with the exception of a painful one on his neck he’s...
Just wanted to say hello and share my cancer story in hope I can get and provide some support and help. I am in my mid 40s and I was diagnosed with cancer in January and had my operation in Feb. Extremely tough experience but recovering very well at...
Hi all, Just a question. Is anyone aware of a wallet size card, that can be shown at restaurants, etc, outlining your dietary requirements? I am a 11 year veteran of cancer of the tongue, who is now suffering from the aftereffects of radiotherapy...
I've had 15 sessions of radiotherapy with 15 more to go. My taste went after 10. Everything I try tastes absolutely awful. Even my toothpaste tastes disgusting. I really hate to try to eat so using peg for nourishment. I'm drinking 2 ltd of water as directed...
Hi all I’m sure this has been asked before but I had a quick search and was rather overwhelmed! Having my PEG fitted next week, would anyone whose had one like to give me some info, what’s surgery like, how long to heal, what can’t / shouldn’t I do...
I am nearly 3 months post RT, and feeling great. PET Scan due on 10/4/24 and MRI soon to determine outcome. My taste has come back, not quite the same, appetite gradually returning, although I get full quickly, so I eat little and often. My oncologist...
Hi all the wife will be starting chemo at the QE in Birmingham in the next week or 2. Just wondering if anyone could break down what a day in chemo is like for us. She was told it would be 8 hours and just has so many simple questions like so you...
Hi people finished my 20 sessions and 55.5 gy necks burnt but ok throats sore and bleeding a little so on Fortisip. but manageable with meds. im so tired not sure if its the comedown from finishing the treatment or the treatment itself. Or indeed the...
sadly, i have found i cannot afford to pay for the swale cvs who do charitable transport to and from hospital, way out of my price range, so am having to use patient transport, just wondered if anyone else has encountered this, when i have the ladies...
Sorry made a bit of a mess of that so I will start again. Got the results today.Cancer has not spread but the primary tumor is not showing so I will be having tonsils out .The scan has shown possible tumours one in right armpit and one on left groin,...
