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Hello all, Ending week 3. I can still eat Soreness and pain is worst at night. Insomnia still an issue. I have little depression or anxiety. That's down to philosophical reading. Here is my sketch.
Hello All, I hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas as much as they possibly could. I was a wee bit ambitious with having a Puff Pastry Steak Pie for dinner. However, I could not chew the beef as it was way too dry. I did manage most of the pastry...
Hiya fellow warriors First diagnosed in 2018 with the rarest of cancer primarily in the parotid, unfortunately I had originally took facial paralysis in 2015 and the cancer wasn't picked up on scans, because of this I was told it was bells palsy, not...
Hello. My daughter sent me the link for here saying it might help me to be with others with neck cancer. I was diagnosed in September with a 1 inch squamous cell carcinoma on my epiglottis. I also have 3 nodes involved. I am 12 days from finishing 35...
Hi All I have recently been diagnosed with cancer of the tongue, throat, tonsils & lymph node (apparently if I had one more I would have won a prize!) Whilst trying to remain resolutely positive after reading lots of posts it doesn't seem that it will...
Good afternoon. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I finished treatment on 9th April, had the all clear 1st August, had lots of check ups and still all clear. What a difference a year makes. Have any of you had any problems with your hearing...
First day going back down for treatment since Christmas break. Two days (again) of throwing up a lot — but I pooped this morning so I’m hopeful I’m over this “can’t keep stuff down” phase again. Knowledge has helped. Knowing today is day 8 after chemo...
So I booked July 11 as a weekend /few days to go visit my cousin up ️ n Tandragee Northern Ireland. I’ve always wanted to visit here around this time — heard a lot from folks about the bonfires and parades etc and never thought too much about it. Figure...
Well had the chemo and radio treatment for base of tongue that spread to lymph nodes in Jan 2020 and got the all clear . Someone ran into the back of me about 12 weeks ago and had a scan consultant recommended salvage neck dissection which I had 4 weeks...
