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Hello, I’m looking for some help and advise, my husband 36yrs old finally got told he had cancer yesterday and they believe the best option is to have a tracheostomy and I was just looking for some advise from people that live with tracheostomy and...
Good morning everyone Before I began my Radiotherapy treatment, dentists at the hospital removed my 2 bottom wisdom teeth and a loose incisor from the top row I have now received an appointment with Restorative Dentistry Does anyone have a similar...
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing great! My name is Mihaela, I am almost 33 years old and I am actually writing you from Romania. My dad was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma with several lymph nodes affected. He is having concurrent...
It's in! Went in late Monday afternoon, home this afternoon. Not a pleasant procedure but all staff at Eastbourne were fabulous. Quite shocked at how painful and debilitating it is at the moment. Couple of questions. Can you buy some sort of protection...
My Mum was today diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the base of tongue and throat with spread to lymph nodes and a nodule in her lung shes having a tooth out next week and we’re having a planning meeting next week for radiotherapy theyre going to...
Hi I am a mum of 2 and got diagnosed 2 weeks ago with throat cancer
So, 2 chemos down and 7 RT! Lost all sense of taste even water is like sludge is makes me physically sick. So, I'm now on 100% RIG feeding, its so time consuming, plus I have an infection in the stitches, on ABs. What I really wanted to ask you was...
Hello everyone, I finished treatment of 35 radiotherapies and 5/7 chemotherapy for tonsil tumour last April and am still feeding through my PEG. A recent video of me swallowing showed that my oesophagus is very tight in one area and only letting a tiny...
Hi All - just a quick update to summarise my last 2 weeks of treatment and I'm currently half way through week 2 recovery. In short: - Painful by end of wk5 and started oramorph during weekend before wk6 - Mucous became annoying in wk 6 and was a...
Hi All - quick update: Finished wk2 Yay!! Losing taste (or changing taste) by the day - Boo!!. Still eating though and I'm about to have a fillet steak (maybe the last in a while...?) . Despite a sore mouth (left side, mainly gums) and feeling a ...
