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Hi All It has been a while since I asked a stupid question so . . . I finished my treatment last March & have been battling to get back to my former "magnificent" self. Whilst foods have been difficult to impossible at times I have not used my PEG...
Hi. My husband starts radiotherapy and chemo next week for a tumour on base of tongue and neck. He was promised a PEG feeding tube hopefully before treatment begins but is still waiting a date. We have chased twice but apparently there is a long back...
Hey everybody - just wanted to say hi as another reticent member of the club. I went to the GP end of January with a lump on right side of my neck that didn’t clear after an ear infection. Urgent referral to ENT - which I managed to get the same week...
Hi all I had a partial glossectomy 7 weeks ago for a SCC on the side of my tongue. Just had the follow up appointment - surgeon is delighted, all the tumour was removed with >5mm clear margins and no evidence of spread. He has therefore recommended...
Sorry put post on wrong site . Today got my results confirmed cancer in neck lymph node.It is HPV which in reading some of the blogs and replys has a good recovery rate.I will be having a petc scan and may need my tonsils removed plus chemotherapy and...
Good Morning. Just to update. Had my tonsillectomy last night which went well although a little sore this morning. Doctor advises something suspicious noted on right tonsil so will now wait for results. Due to the delay in PET scan it will be another...
This week it’s HPV awareness week. Vaccination rates have been dropping in our youngsters. Oracle Cancer Trust are running a campaign and our very own RadioactiveRaz and Crofterlad are in this excellent YouTube video. Well done Hazel and Anson. Fly the...
Hello everyone, I have found your posts really helpful and supportive. I finished a 6 week course of radiotherapy with one dose of chemo, should have been 2 but I developed low sodium and the second was cancelled, my oncologist decided not to re-schedule...
Evening everyone. So great news as i called the ENT secretary and she said the results were benign. So is that it then? Def nothing to worry about?. Seems a bit odd they would bother with the MRI on Wednesday or still want to take the tonsil out, although...
Hi New here - I’ve joined the online community because my hubby who had oropharyngeal cancer 10 years ago and h beat it, has recently been diagnosed with a new neck cancer with a secondary lung cancer in the mediastinum. Following all the RT on the...
