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My dad used a Nebuliser during his treatment to help with reducing thick build up of saliva. This is no longer needed and I would like to pass onto someone else if anyone needs one? It is an OMRON C28P CompAir Nebuliser with Virtual Valve Technology...
Hi My partner is currently undergoing chemo and radiotherapy for tongue cancer spread to three lymph glands. He is finding it very hard to sleep as he is constantly coughing up thick phlegm. The nurse and doctors think it is a side effect but nothing...
He's in his 50's and has been told it is terminal - I have no 'in depth' details. I know that he has had various treatments (radio/chemo) over the years but the last scan was bad news. However The Marsden have suggested he consider a 'Proton treatment...
Hi everyone, my 6 weeks of rt starts on Monday, with chemo every Monday. Worryingly my oncologist has never treated anyone with cancer in both tonsils, and her description of what I'll face is beyond bleak. So the rt will be on both sides and as I...
Hi after treatment and a year recovery 3 all clear pet scan. I still have not been out for anything to eat at a cafe or restaurant will I ever fell comfortably to do this as I eat slow and sometimes still choke and have difficulty swollening. Would love...
Hi can anyone please help. I'm trying to understand why the surgeon would suggest radical neck dissection on my 30yr old son when scans showed no spread. I'm sure is all precautionary but am I right to think the procedure is risky possibly if it's not...
The title says it all. But amazed by the terrible stories I read about on here.
Morning folks! I need help... Scared is not the word right now. I’m starting treatment, (chemo week one and five, along with radiotherapy every day for seven weeks) tomorrow and I have been hit with the fear of so many side effects I really am more...
Hi Everyone, It has been some time since I last posted an update so I thought I would let you all know of my progress and one final stumbling block. When I finished my radiotherapy treatments towards the end of July 2021 I was hospitalised for 9 days...
Under tongue cancer , had mask fit last week , 5 teeth out week before .gib feeder tube fitted 2weeks ago just in case needed .finding it painful ,hoping it will get better. 6weeks radiotherapy starts in 2weeks .All at Musgrove hospital Taunton every...
