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Hesitate to post this, because it's probably nothing (like last time); but just home from an MRI after team felt something "different" at a routine check a couple of weeks back. Eight and a half years after my cancer experience started I just can't...
Hi everyone I replied to a lady called Bev last week, her son is undergoing treatment for Cheek cancer, and was unsure whether to have RT or not. I can't find the thread now, but wanted to know if Bev's son is ok. Bev is in a very similar situation...
I’m now 5 1/2 weeks into chemoradiation treatment. The severe taste of salty mucus is making me nauseous. Can it be down to dehydration? I cannot swallow and I’m being fed thru a NG Tube. Am I getting enough fluids at 1.5 litres of feed per day? I know...
My husband has just undergone extensive matxillectomy surgery which has resulted in him losing an eye. It began with a jaw/toothache in December so it has happened incredibly quickly and it is so difficult to come to terms with. Can anyone share their...
Has anybody been admitted to hospital during their radiotherapy treatment or is that rare? I am concerned due to my mother's age and her ability to withstand treatment.
"reply to well" well i wish i were well well enough to act well as if well as if well meant to act well and acting ____ meant being ____ but i digress, well-wisher, and of course i am grateful ever so grateful for trying to 'be well...
I have been here lingering for a while, I have posted a few times during my initial 2ww referral . I am about to receive my biopsy results for a mass / lesion to my soft palate on Tuesday To say this time lapse getting to this stage has totally consumed...
Last Thursday my Uncle, 71, and I were told that he had cancer of the mouth. This was following his biopsy 2 weeks earlier. They had no other details for us as he hadn't had his MRI or all the tests they needed. This has happened over the last week. Today...
Hi everyone. I thought I'd give a update on my sons progress. So he was in surgery for 12 hrs longest 12hrs of mine and his partners life. Surgery went really well he was out of hospital after 7 days which was fantastic and is doing remarkably well. He...
Hi all, I have just finished my eighth week of recovery after 30 RT/6 Chemo (Cisplatin), to treat tonsil and lymph node cancer. I have a PEG but hated pump feeds, so I ate throughout the treatment, and all through recovery. My ability to eat has improved...
