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I got my biopsy results back last Thursday which showed cancer and had my scans on Monday. The consultant said they would review the scans today. I've just got an appointment through the nhs app which says I have a telephone appointment with the ENT consultant...
Hi yesterday was my 67 th birthday wow have been a pensioner a whole year. Another milestone I didn’t think I would reach in the dark days if May 2018 but I did. Last night I chose Turkish restaurant to celebrate with family as a nod to my wonderful oncologist...
Hi I’m new here and feeling very anxious. My husband was diagnosed with a SCC on his tongue in May 2022. Not HPV positive. At the time it was very small, they operated and thought they had good margins so did not require further treatment. However,...
Hi all Radiotherapy ended yesterday so now in the period where new symptoms can appear or existing ones get worse. Sore neck appeared on Monday so asked the RT team and they gave me a small tube of Flaminal Hydro. There was no box and no instructions...
Ten Years After were a moderately successful rock band in my youth, that's not remotely relevant to this but the name won't shift from my head having floated in...as it's ten years today that my first cancer treatment finished, so time to reflect I think...
Hello, About 5 months ago I found a lump in my neck. I was sent for a CT scan and they found a lump on my neck (cervical) lymph node 2.3cm and on both of my ovaries, the largest being 5.3cm. My blood test came back as normal. My core biopsy of the...
Just a quick update. 3 down not too bad an experience the mask squashing my nose is the most uncomfortable part. Using creams mouth wash toothpaste. No side effects as yet in fact and bizarrely my croaky voice has improved. Treatment appointments are...
Hi all, I'm here as a my husband has recently been diagnosed with cancer in his tongue. He is now 3 weeks post Op , after the removal of the mass. He's recovering really well. It is apparently an extremely rare type of cancer in the tongue we are...
Hi, First time posting and recently diagnosed with suspected head and neck cancer. I'm a 51 year male and in early January this year I noticed a lump appeared on the right hand side of my neck. No other symptoms and feeling completely normal and healthy...
Been having night sweats for about a month is this common with lymph nodes tumours in the neck
