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all things being equal I should be finished treatment in 5 weeks which takes me to the end of march. I was thinking of booking a holiday to recover early April Lanzarote. What does the community think. I’m having 55gy over four weeks no Chemotherapy....
Husband Six weeks into post chemoradiotherapy recovery. Eating normally and off pain relief. Lymphodema has just started in neck and he has been referred for treatment. Any advice, appreciated whilst we wait. Apparently there’s a bit of a wait to see...
Hi everyone My husband starts his treatment tomorrow he was diagnosed last November with HPV+ remnants of tonsil and base of tongue ssc which involves RHS &LHS lymph nodes. His treatment will be 30x radiotherapy and Chemo tomorrow and week 4 which...
Hi everyone, I’m a 25 year old female and I am a primary school teacher. I was recently diagnosed with Acinic cell carcinoma (stage 1). I had noticed a lump in my neck for a long time and the doctors thought it was a benign tumour. Luckily I kept...
Radiotherapy start date 26th February Diagnosed January 15/01/24. in my case the system works.
Hi Everyone , My hubby went to get he's results from consultant on Monday. He had surgery last year for cancer of mandible and then radio therapy which ended in September last year. It's been a long wait but went for scan results like i said on Monday...
Hello All I am new on this site today, to what I seem to have found my answer too "not feeling alone". I am 7 weeks post radiotherapy. The mask treatment has left me with a very sore mouth ulcers, a brick/blades down my throat and occasional ear ache...
Hi again Since finding this amazing group I have been visiting this site daily trying to get as much information as possible for the journey my husband has ahead of him. We have now got the pet scan results today and things do seem to be moving along...
I am so sorry I feel like I’m posting all the time but I feel like this is the best place to get support right now. My husband was diagnosed with cancer at the base of his tongue 2 weeks ago. He is starting radiotherapy and 2 doses of chemo on 4th March...
It exactly one year (tonight!) that I first discovered the lump on my neck... Feels like it's been manic ever since! Was eventually diagnosed on 23 June (having had tonsillectomy and biopsies on 12 June, after US/MRI and needle biopsy were all inconclusive...
