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Not been on here for a few weeks as OH and I have just being living day to day with his throat cancer. He finished RT last Tuesday and had a feeding tube inserted into his stomach 5 weeks ago. He is really struggling with the RT burns on his neck and...
Hi. I’m 8 months post Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for a tumour on my epiglottis with 3 lymph involvement. Just this week I have developed a really stiff jaw on the left side. It’s painful and I can only get 2 fingers in my open mouth where it was 4...
Hello, I have recently been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the parotid gland . I wanted to share my story and ask some questions on this forum. I first noticed a small lump in front of my ear around mid-May and went to see my GP soon after. They...
Hi, Due to start treatment on Monday 4th Sept.Just wanted to say thank you for all the advice ,tips etc etc and putting up with my daft questions.There are many more of those to come I'm sure. Feeling nervous as I have read so many times it ain't...
Hi everyone, I'm not very good with tech, and I've never really done any web chats, embarrassing for a 42 year old I know but bear with me! I have been diagnosed with a snuc during lockdown that has spread to the lymph nodes in my neck and also into...
Morning I'm in week 6 of radiotherapy, 3 sessions to go, and having a nightmare with mucus while trying to sleep. Keep waking up every hour to cough it up gross! I have Mucodyne to take 3 times a day, rinse my mouth with Caphosol 6 times a day and I...
Evening everyone, My Dad underwent fibular free flap surgery with left side neck dissection in February of that year. Six days into recovery he unfortunately suffered full free flap failure. It was a huge blow. The surgery was repeated harvesting muscle...
Can I ask about people's experience with neck/throat and swallowing exercises? What ones do you do, and for how long after treatment or are you still doing them? Nine months on, I'm finding it hard to stay motivated to keep doing mine once a day, as...
Hi everyone,I hope this message finds you all as well as you possibly can be.I’ve been awake since 2am with the usual anxieties whirring through my head so I did my usual searching of the forums when I came across 2 members posts which literally could...
Hi all! Just a quick update! I had my MRI & PET scans a fortnight ago. I saw my oncologist last Tues who said although the results of both scans looked encouraging the PET scan staff were sitting on the fence and would not make a call due to hit spots...
