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I've left it a little before updating why? I just thought I'd run with the recovery and add to this forum when the story to recovery was a little bit fuller. I'm now 4 weeks post partial tounge glastomey and neck disection at Addenbrooks and its been...
Hello All, I know that this is not related to Head & Neck but I know that some of you will be interested. While speaking with the Macmillan Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse on Thursday, I was informed that my PD-L1 results showed less than 1% and that...
Hi, I'm 12 weeks post treatment now and have routine dentist appointment on the 12th of Jan.I can open my mouth wide enough for check up but not sure I fancy him poking about as still pretty sore.Just wondered if folk gave dentist a wide berth for awhile...
Hello, I am a 29 year old man, a smoker, too. I've had this lump under my jaw for weeks and recently noticed a hoarse voice and intermittent ear pain and throat pain. My dad had throat cancer so I am familiar with what the symptoms are, I have no difficulty...
There are things I used to be able to eat and drink certain things but now they really burn my throat,even my medicine. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen before. I have an appointment with my consultant on Thursday so I think I should...
Hi im new here - my husband has stage 3 Throat cancer officialy diagnosed 20th december. This is all very new to us x
I had a maxalectomy last year removed the left upper jaw and teeth aswell as most off the roof of my mouth. I wear an obturator 24 7 as I can't eat drink or talk without it. I take it out to clean it daily but it has been stuck since Christmas eve because...
Hi I’m James. Have cancer base of tounge. Had 3 rounds of induction chemo and currently half way through my radiation treatment which I have 30 fractions of. I also have a day of chemo each week. Struggling with food now, sore throat, thick salvia back...
Hi, very stressed. I have had Aggresive Systemic Mastocytosis (mast cell blood cancer) for 5 years, and been on chemo for that for 5 years! I then got a neck lump last November, which was initially assumed to be Lymphodema, but later was diagnosed as...
