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Thank you all for sharing your stories with me I really appreciate it and it has helped me so much. I had my mask fitting on Friday and my CT scan with the mask on today, on Wednesday I have my MRI with the mask on which I have to admit I am not looking...
Hello I’m new here, and feeling a bit confused! my consultant telephoned me yesterday, with my results from my tonsil biopsies and CT and MRI scans, Iv been waiting all Christmas worrying. He said the CT and MRI were good news, but the biopsies...
Hi again so I have squamous cell carnicoma,mouth cancer that has spread to my neck,the surgery plan is...left neck dissection,did say tracheosfomy but I have been told that won't be necessary,dental clearance,tumour dissection including rim resection...
Hi all, I am writing on behalf of my husband who was diagnosed in April 2021 with cancer of the base of his tongue, which had spread to his neck, T2N2M0. The diagnosis took some time, following the serious head pain he had, left side, and multiple collapses...
Week 5 possible swollen ankles? Thoughts?
Im digging deep in co-codomol. Hanging in on eating and drinking. Counting my blessings.
Hi my name is Ivan Have been looking at this forum over past 14 months. only now getting round to joining. I took facial paralysis mid 2021 which I thought was Bells Palsy. Dr referred me to ENT and after CT & MRI scans and several biopsy diagnosed with...
All being equal, I'm positive. My consultant is obsessed with installing an emergency feeding tube, but I'm eating and drinking moderately well. Stoic Philosophy serves me well.
Hi, I am new to this group, I had neck dissection April 2022, during surgery they removed 23 lymph nodes ( 13 of which were cancerous) I also had my internal jugular vein and my spinal accessory nerve sacrificed, since completion of my R/T and C/T July...
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