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I keep having panic attacks & anxiety over getting my rig fitted on the 4th .I know I’m being stupid & it’s got to be done but I’m petrified .I’ve never had an operation before , I’m worried about t pain & discomfort after it’s fitted , flushing it &...
My GP said on Monday I had to go to hospital after I vomited my food. I was there till thursday night when I discharged myself. I went to A&E who sent me to a ward. A junior doctor not a stomach doctor saw me and took details. The nurses were told by...
New here and looking for support and advice. My husband is having his voice box removed tomorrow, I am so scared of what to expect after surgery and how life will be. He has been in hospital for the last 12 days being tube feed as worried food going...
Hello A year ago I had an operation for v aggresive stage 4 maxillary cancer - most of the maxilla was removed of and replaced with what seemed like most of my L leg (free flap fibula). This was followed by radiotherapy BUT, a few days ago, I was told...
Hi all its me I'm back again after my maxfax appt went well I have been ok for a while however before I got referred I had a cold sore throat cough for almost 3 months on and off took anti biotics for sinus infection ?? If it was that been clear for about...
Dear all, over the weekend I noticed a lump under my chin. It is under the skin and it is not visible, however you can feel it. Quite small to the touch. It is directly under my chin, about an inch from the front, central and in line with were the graft...
Hi I've been on & off this forum over the last couple of years & always found it really helpful. I have an awful taste in my mouth, like sour milk. My surgeon says its not my mouth, & when I Google it, it suggests acid reflux. I don't have reflux...
I had salivary gland cancer found in lymph node 11 years ago so was classed as meteststic. They never found the primary source but a neck dissection was all the treatment I needed. I was finally discharged after 10 years(last year). I found a lump in...
Hi I posted a few months ago about waiting for a biopsy . My dentist noticed two white marks either side of my inside of my mouth . However she felt that it might not be too much tI worry about as I have it on both sides and could be due to my mouth guard...
I had a session at the lymphodema clinic yesterday. The nurse couldn’t do her usual measurements as, because I’ve grown a beard on my chin and had oiled my neck, she couldn’t use her machine. Oops! (No one told me. Honest guv!) But she pummelled me about...
