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Hi, After posting last week about no scan date got phone call on Friday to go to ENT this Tuesday coming at 3pm.Feeling so frightened as I was misdiagnosed in the beginning and now T4N1M0.Have been told cancer is big so feel i have little hope of treatment...
Hello everyone, I noticed that there isn’t much info related to buccal mucosa SCC at stage 1 with no spread (thankfully) to the lymph nodes - so here goes regarding my experience! I am in my 60s and had a white patch on the inside of my right cheek which...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to open this thread to post a few updates on my father in law's progress. As a quick summary, he had a partial glossectomy in July 2023, followed by a partial neck dissection in December 2023 (2 lymph nodes had cancer, with...
Hi All, I finished radiotherapy last week but I’m struggling even more to sleep. The mucus build up is so bad that I can’t manage any more than 1 hours sleep at a time. It’s been this way for a while now and I’m completely exhausted. I’m using a nebuliser...
Hi,Hope everyone is doing OK. Just wanted to update after my appointment yesterday So after MRI/ PET CT and tonsillectomy I was told that no spread anywhere else and no sign of cancer in the tonsills. At this stage no primary has been located. They...
Hi, I have a question that I forgot to ask my consultant at results of pet scan.Because my pet scan was showing hot areas she said it could be radio resistant.Does anyone know why two thirds of a tumour would respond and one third of same tumour wouldn...
Hi, sadly my husband’s post treatment PET scan result showed cancer remaining in neck lymph gland and 2 lesions in the liver have been highlighted. Nothing picked up in liver previously. Primary back of tongue had gone and some neck lymph glands reduced...
Hi everyone. I am looking for a bit of advice after worrying myself sick! Around 4 weeks ago I noticed a smooth painless bump at the back of my mouth on the upper gum, near my molar. The lump comes and goes. Theres no different texture to this or...
Hi everyone, I’ve been lurking on this forum for a wee while, but this is my first post. I can’t tell you how helpful just reading things here has been so far. I’m only 39, non-smoker and don’t drink much, but was diagnosed with T2N0M0 tongue cancer...
Morning. My husband was due to have his second dose of chemo today but his wbc is too low. Hopeful that he might have it next week - week 5. Anyone had this problem and how likely is it his count will have improved by next week? Feeling very down as we...
