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Hi everyone , I’m Klarice I’m 30 2 young children 3 and 18 months. Was diagnosed with tongue cancer Friday. Op in 2 weeks, absolutely petrified !!
Hey all! I'm just wondering whether any of you suffered badly with neck pain and limited movement. I'm 5 months post-treatment for hpv+ tonsil cancer. I had chemo and radiotherapy but NO surgery. I've some lymphoedema which is expected to be temporary...
Hi i'm new and hope I'm putting this in the right discussion group. I was diagnosed with HPV base of tongue cancer 3 years ago. while I successfully had radiation and chemo therapy, I have had continuous side effects, the worst being the mucus problem...
Hi. I won’t duplicate my profile on here but in general terms; Tonsil Cancer in 2018, a rough journey to get here and still enduring horrific side effects from the radiotherapy in particular! I had a PEG fitted prior to CT/RT and it was a real help...
Had scan results yesterday not what I was hoping, I have 2 new lumps at base of tongue he can't see if they are cancer or not, so now waiting to hear what's going to happen out of 2 scenarios, 1 is having biopsies taken from them, 2 is having them cut...
hi all. i went for my laryngectomy annual after-care appointment check-up and i have had a Semmy leaky valve for a few weeks now. and the laryngectomy nurse said we can't change your valve every time it leeks so i said can i have another valve blocker...
Had maxillectomy done last week have plate screwed in and my nose is severely blocked constantly I can sit and blow it and gunk comes out all the time it NEVER clears. I tried this afternoon to clear it and blew it for 3 hours straight and I never stopped...
I had to come back and visit this site which at one point was a lifeline for me in the early hours of the morning when I was completely overtook by anxiety regarding my diagnosis and long-term prognosis. I just wanted to come back and say that I am...
I'm having a RIG fitted next Monday. I have seen the dietician who has gone through everything with me. However, I am very concerned about the amount of sugar in these feeds. She says there no real way around it and it will have to be monitored. I saw...
Hi its me again. I had the Pet-Ct on Thursday and two biopsies were taken from my neck lump on Friday. The radiographer said the lump is very large and it appears to be a lymph node that has become necrotic. There may not have been enough cells iin the...
