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Does anyone have or knows of an led light for sale. I can't afford a new one, certainly of a decent standard. It seems to work with my treatment so far and neck lymphoedema feels like it's strangling me. Although it's not but it's very uncomfortable and...
I have been waiting since my second maxillectomy in Feb this year to have follow up reconstruction surgery for my upper jaw. At last this week I had an appointment with the periodontologist in the Restorative Unit at the Dental Hospital. It wasn’t a...
Hi, I had cancer of the jaw. Under lower front 5 teeth. On 26 may 2022 I had a major 9 HR operation to remove it, plus all my lower teeth bar some molars and lymp nodes. Later had 6 weeks of every day radiotherapy and once a week chemotherapy which was...
Steve; tonsil cancer. HPV Stage 2 Hi all, into day 7. No real effects yet, so I'm making the most of the good days with gentle excersise, good food, and teaching myself to draw. I'm fully stocked on laxatives as well. I'm distancing myself from people...
A few days ago my lovely husband was diagnosed with mouth cancer in the Retromolar Trigone region. There seems to be very little information on this type of mouth cancer other than medical which use terms which are difficult to understand. Has anyone...
Hello , I received the diagnosis is salivary gland tumour to hard palate this week. It is contained with no spread I have been given 2 options of surgery. Full reconstruction surgery or surgery with oral obturator. My head is in a whirl and do not know...
Hi everyone, This has been a brilliant site – full of info and reassurances that, while this road is tough, it is not insurmountable. Reminder – Husband has HPV cancer, with unknown primary. First op was tonsillectomy (probable site), second was for...
Salivary gland cancer had my whole patroid removed with most of mine lymph nodes removed as well 9 hour operation removed all cancer but it had spread to spine and groin had 5 rounds of radiotherapy on hormone treatment but it goes then returns spine...
Steve: Tonsil Cancer, stage 2, treatment radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Into week 2. At the moment I am feeling chipper and have no side effects that are bothering me. I do wake up very early-at 5- but I use that time to excersise using light weights...
Am having my PEG removed on Friday and had assumed it would be removed under a general anaesthetic. Having just read the paperwork it seems it’s just local sedation even though no food or drink for 6 hours before. Just wondered if anybody could let me...
