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I had surgery to replace my lower left jaw with my right fibula at the beginning of April. It’s still a daily struggle with my healing and my head space. I have found myself in some dark corners recently and even though my mum and sister (my immediate...
Hi all,as they say it helps to talk,so here I am “talking” …..so it’s now day 8 after my husband’s first cycle of intense chemotherapy and it’s as every bit as awful as I thought it would be!! I have now been signed off work with anxiety and stress,it...
Hi, my name is Neil i had throat cancer and received chemotherapy an radio therapy for same, the treatment finished in Nov 2020, problem now is my throat muscle as been completely closed since dec 2020, had operation to open my throat muscle which involved...
Week 5, and the side effects have most certainly kicked in. I can't believe I've still got 13 days to go, and then at least another 10 before the radiotherapy starts to leave my body. I have no taste, my gag reflex is awful. Sores in my mouth, runny...
It's been almost a year since I had my last radiotherapy and chemo, I still have very little saliva and my taste buds are not good so even though I'm eating there are lots of things I used to enjoy but now I can't eat but I'm surviving, Im still getting...
Hi Group, Please can anyone recommend an acupuncturist who has successfully treated them for a dry mouth? I’m keen to give it a go Any tips or information will be gratefully received Carrie
Hi i was diagnosed with throat cancer and secondary lymph in March. I’ve had my 30 x radiotherapy and 5 x chemo (couldn’t do the 6th due to sickness) and finished treatment at the end of May. I’m back up and running, eating okayish! It’s the tastes...
Hi everyone, Hope you are all OK and coping with the daily trials that this disease sends us!! Just wanted to update on my husbands progress, he is now just over 2 weeks after a 6 weeks, 30 x radiotherapy for tonsil and tongue HPV cancer (had neck...
16 months post treatment today (bilateral tonsillectomy, PEG, 30x radio, 6 x chemo). On holiday in Mallorca. Eating yummy food & a Pina Colada tasted v good!! Keep going everyone!!
I was wondering if anyone who had completed treatment had lumps still in their neck. I underwent 6 weeks of radiotherapy and 2 lots of chemotherapy for hpv16 postive in lymph nodes, my primary was unknown. I finished treatment on 6th of May and had...
