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A wee bit concerned - both MRI (Wed) 5 pm and CT( Fri) 1pm both with contrast dye, apparently they do this so as to avoid reaction to contrast dye. Have any of you had them so close together and had a reaction? Concerned that am due to travel Friday...
Hi everyone Hubby finally rings the bell on friday.. So excited but yet very very anxious as we been told he wont have a scan for 4 months to see if clear or still there. Velindra will be phoning us once a week for two weeks but then we on own. Do we...
Hi, Just back from ENT and scan results.Hotspot picked up at side/back of tongue. .Has been sore for about a week.Being booked in for biopsy next week if they can get appointment with pre-assessment if not following week.She says it could just be inflammation...
Hi Everyone. My Name is Rich and my wife Claudia was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer a few weeks ago which they fear may be advanced. We have had the dental and PET scan and today is the day of the MDT meeting to discuss results and hopefully...
Hi everyone, my husband is 2 weeks into radiotherapy and had one chemo last week. He says he hs terrible taste in his mouth and he is finding some foods taste strange already. Today he is also smelling something weird, he can’t seem to explain except...
A wee bit concerned - both MRI (Wed) 5 pm and CT( Fri) 1pm both with contrast dye, apparently they do this so as to avoid reaction to contrast dye. Have any of you had them so close together and had a reaction? Concerned that am due to travel Friday...
Hello everyone - hope you forgive the ramblings - they are out of fear I think I am sure you will understand when I say my mind is in overdrive and I cant think of the words to express the terror which keeps passing over me. Briefly mid Dec saw...
Hi all, My mum has neck and oesophagus cancer. Just finished 3 weeks radiotherapy, had one chemo and another one after next week, 7 week altogether. She wants to know what others with same cancer eat? She can hardly taste anything and beginning to struggle...
I just wanted to give an update on my son. he has now had 4 sessions of chemo and next week will be his 7th and last week of radiotherapy. He is having trouble eating now and mostly just having the ensure drinks he had ulcers in his mouth and a sore...
i have started the chemo, pretty heavy going, lots of side effects, the thing that has annoyed me, is the fact it takes me 2 hours to travel to the hospital and then 2 hours home again, so last week i had an appointment for a pre picc assessment, travelled...
