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“Hi I was wondering if going to the gymn treadmill, light weights, arms and legs is possible with chemotherapy and radiotherapy during treatment. I was advised not to put strain on my neck. I walk with my pooch but feel so much better mentally and physically...
Hi all and firstly thanks for all you good wishes on our marriage. Our honeymoon was fab apart from constant mouth pain and issues eating due to a dental abcess. We arrived home on Friday am and were with the ENT consultant the same day. I am having a...
Hello everyone 13 weeks after my Radiotherapy I saw a doctor at Oral Surgery. There was some bleeding in my upper right teeth.She has arranged for me to have treatment from a Hygienist and told me that there was probably bone loss and my dental implants...
Hi I'm 7 weeks post treatment for radiotherapy and chemotherapy. I have the RIG and are totally dependent on it at the moment. I have had a few setbacks since finishing the treatment, infection in my feeding tube wound, then a chest infection. Both...
Hi I am new on here. My husband was diagnosed with mouth cancer in April and we have been waiting for an appt for surgery the cancer on his tongue has got a lot bigger now and he is suffering a lot with the pain. He has a date now though for 50% possibly...
Had my stomach rig fitted yesterday and feeling bloated which is painful and sore also constipated. Any advice or tips would be much appreciated!
So 2 weeks in and have left hospital. Stitches and staples are out of arm neck snd abdomen. Starting to feel a bit more normal. Waiting in results of lymph nodes etc.. Food is going OK. Pureed is fine. Trying to have a little more but alot of teeth...
My husband finished treatment a week ago today and it was a huge joyful moment. However we were both totally unprepared for what was to come. His neck began to break down almost immediately. The oncology nurse had given him Allevyn dressings and hydrogel...
Well it’s been a while for me getting back into this group . I’m 16 months since treatment end and still very up and down. In my case it’s certainly been a marathon. Mouth stickiness continues, with soreness coming and going. Managing to eat most foods...
I found out on the 30th August I have head and neck cancer. I got a big operation on the 28th to have laser treatment and a neck dissertation I very scared
