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My husband was diagnosed with Mouth Cancer early November. At Pre-Assesment couple of days before Op a heart problem was found! Op was delayed a month. Op went ahead on 20th December. Pec Muscle was grafted, lymph modes removed/neck dissection. He was...
Hi Had a lump come up on my neck about ten months ago ,doctor gave me antibiotics and it did not go then a blood test and he said nothing bad came up on the results and not to worry about it everyone gets lumps and bumps, but it kept getting bigger...
Hi everyone, im 5 weeks in to chemoradiotherapy for tonsil cancer & my mouth is very swollen with lots of sores & ulcers.I’ve had to move to a fluids only diet as solids irritate my mouth too much. To ensure my nutrition stays at a suitable level I...
My husband just got out of the hospital from 3 operations to remove a cancerous lymph node on his neck. The cancer was from his lingual tonsils He has had a rough recovery and still has a feeding tube. He goes in for radiation and chemo next week. i am...
There will be some scheduled downtime on Thursday 10 th March from 1pm until 10pm . This means you will not be able to view or access the Community during these hours. We hope to have the downtime kept the a minimum All the details you need for the...
Sunshine and showers this week. Showers in that I tested positive for covid and had to miss my follow up appointment with the surgeon - particularly irritating as I now have to wait until 25 March to see him. Also difficult spending so much time in my...
Hi, Apologies if this has already been covered however I think I recall seeing a couple of references on this forum to acupuncture as a means to stimulate saliva production. I have asked my CNS and the local Macmillan team but have not had much of a...
Hi everyone I am a 47yr old man who is struggling. I had stage 1 Squamous cell carcinoma in my upper pallet gum and jaw bone had a 5cm tumor removed, back in October last year 13 1/2 hour operation later. Had upper pallet 5 teeth including gum and...
Hi Everyone I posted a few weeks ago that I had to go into hospital to have a maxillectomy and thought I would like to catch you up on progress. This was my second maxillectomy as I had one in 2019 on the other side of my mouth so progress this time...
Wife was first diagnosed with HPV P16+ Throat cancer in July 2021 we were told radiotherapy x 35 and 3 Chemo was what was needed and it would be a hard slog but looking at a very good outcome. Just before Christmas they checked and could t see any signs...
