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Hello all Well that’s me 2 weeks out of treatment now ( 6 cisplatain and 30 blasts) . I’m feeling not too bad tbh, very lethargic but nothing unexpected. I ate pretty much normally late into week 4 then went onto the softer stuff . I’ve been fortunate...
I’m meant to be going into hospital overnight tomorrow to have my RIG fitted the next day , I’ve been given wrong information about how it’s going to be done .They said I would be put out & the tube would be guided by X-ray ultrasound, I have just been...
Hi Everyone Just a quick update, it’s been almost 9 month since my tonsil and base of tongue operations (2) for HPV tonsil cancer. I have recovered well, can eat anything, my Trismus has gone due to using the Therabite machine. I still have a metallic...
Hello. My dad is almost 65. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in Mar 22. When we had PET scan, tumour is also in head. Can someone please help about stage and possibility of treatment? Size is 2.9*3.4*2.9 2.9*2.9.*2.2 Best regards M
Hi everyone, Matt here. 6 weeks ago I had my nose and left eye removed and a neck dissection. Following months of ENT visits they finally diagnosed Squamous carcinoma, it was a total shock and within 4 weeks I had my operation. I’m starting radiotherapy...
This just popped up on my Facebook feed for the Swallows sub-group in Southampton... "Cookbook by Andrew Gaylor (Head and Neck Cancer Survivor 2022) In 2015 I was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in my neck which had paralysed the left side of my...
Hello my hubby is 8 weeks post treatment (30 radiotherapy and 6 cisplatin) He original diagnosis was hpv positive tonsil cancer with a lump also in one side of his neck (lymph node) his taste has come back fairly well considering and his throat is...
Today was my mask fitting day and what an experience that was . Very hard to explain but I can totally see how people find it a little unpleasant. Obviously not painful but claustrophobic and having to stay so very still for 15 minutes whilst it set....
Morning, so my radiotherapy finished on Friday (soft palate and neck) and since then I’ve felt quite poorly. Pain in my throat with swallowing and if I take a deep breath in. I was like this 3 weeks ago and was admitted for a feeding tube and they started...
Hi, my husband is currently on week 5 of radiotherapy for treatment for tongue cancer. He is doing well despite big weight loss and only receiving food supplements through his feeding tube into his tummy as not able to eat/drink orally. Biggest problem...
