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Hi all . Has anyone had a CT pet scan privately, I've got some savings for this. My reason is NHS scan looking like a 3 week wait with private being 1week. I feel I'm deteriorating quickly and consultant wants scan to see if cancer spread to lungs etc...
I finished 6 weeks of chemo radiation on 12th May. I just received a call from my oncologist to say my PET scan showed no evidence of disease. I want to book a holiday but am afraid that travel insurance will be denied. Has anyone any experience of travelling...
Hi all, saw consultant today, I have T4N2C cancer of throat spreading from tonsil area to my larynx plus moving towards the base of my skull. Appears it has invaded invaded larynx meaning surgery would be to remove larynx, however, it maybe too close...
It's been 3 days since my last RT and I was doing great until yesterday. OMG it just came on out of nowhere, I know you all said it may happen but I really did think I'd be way better than this lol I've started taking Oxycodone along with the paracetamol...
Morning I've had an awful night sleep, well no sleep really as I've been coughing my head off so much that my throat feels raw and the phlegm had blood in it a few times during the night. I've had a look around and it looks like something that has happened...
So today following a few weeks of tests and scans I got the news that I have got Nasopharyngeal cancer. To be honest not something I have heard of before, but having Googled it, it sounds like its pretty rare. By the sound of things I will get referred...
I’m now 4 weeks post radiology. The treatment is tough but so it seems is recovering from it. I’m still so sore in my throat that I still can’t eat solid food. I’m on supplements and soup daily at the moment. It’s made harder by not having any taste still...
Hi I finished radiotherapy at the end of April for base of tongue cancer. I am still having problems swallowing, I can manage fluids but as soon as I have anything thicker I really struggle. I have managed yogurt providing it’s not too thick. I did...
Hi All Had my 8 teeth extracted and feel preety crap but had phone-call to say Im now eligible for randomised trial at Weston Park for Durvalumab just wondered if anyone else had been on it or tried it or had any aide effects . Bit worried after reading...
Hi all, I had my first post-treatment scan, yesterday. I was expecting to have a meeting next Friday with my oncologist Just been told that it has been pushed back another week. I just wanted to say this out loud to a group of people who will understand...
