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Hi Jo how are you doing ? I’ve just come back from radiotherapy feeling a bit yuk , I’m sure it’s all the thick stuff they’ve given me to drink xx
Hello First time post here & wanted to connect & say hi. In February I was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (T1N3M0). It came as a complete shock and really floored me. Treatment began quite quickly and I’m just about to finish my third cycle...
Hello wonderful people , ulcers are starting to come any recommendations for a mouthwash please ? I have oralieve & biotene xx
I had no.idea how painful this would be. Any movement is like being knifed in the guts. It's a real problem, as doing anything pulls on stomach wall. Anyway, radiotherapy starts on Monday, so here we go.. Thanks so much to everyone who has helped...
My partner had his rig fitted yesterday & came home last night, although he had a few stomach cramps he was fine. This morning he had radiotherapy & again was fine. This afternoon was a different story, he was doubled up in pain, the nurse came out as...
Hi , I’m having 3 cycles of chemo, after few weeks should have radiotherapy and chemo treatment for 6 weeks. After reducing my chemo dose to 75 % my SE are so small. Any way I going mad sitting at home, I do work on laptop but it is not the same. I live...
Hi My name is Jo and I am not really coping. Just over 3 years ago I approached my doctor thinking I had an ulcer on my gum. Turns out it was tongue cancer. It all happened just as coronaviris lockdown started for the first time. I had the surgery and...
Now my husband has to go through Chemotherapy as the cancer is coming back and spreading along his neck. Feeling saddness and struggle to quit my job to take care of our 6 years old son.
Hi. My Dad has a parotid tumour which is malignant. Spread from a squamous cell scalp carcinoma. The so called professionals (his GP etc) have been useless. They haven’t treated him, but just passed him from one doctor to another. I feel he’s been discriminated...
Hi everyone I had my first chemo radiotherapy on the 9th May , 2 weeks ago , from about the 19th I’ve been feeling sick after radiotherapy & sometimes during the weekend , could this still be the chemo ? I’m back on anti sickness meds too , I’m not sure...
