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Hello I was diagnosed with mouth cancer in January and had it operated on with a flap from my arm to replace it and lymph nodes in my neck removed. It came back in July and I needed further surgery to remove a lump over my jaw. It’s still come back...
Hi everyone, We hope you don’t mind us posting here today but we wanted to share some of our festive content. You may notice quotes from this group, in our latest blog linked below: https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/community_news/posts...
Hello all. diagnosed on Tuesday with HPV Positive Base on Tongue Squamous cell carcinoma. On Monday I'm having da Vinci resection and panendoscopy biopsies & a selective neck dissection. first email received today with oncology in the title made me realise...
Has any ever had a problem with district nurse not turning up to remove a chemo pump should have had my removed Friday. Never turned up. Every time I rang different excuses. Not received the review. Is it dangerous to be left in
Hello my dad has been diagnosed with advanced oropharyngeal cancer. The consultant said they can't operate and he can't have chemotherapy but he can have palliative radiotherapy. Now I'm so worried because my dad has lost a lot of weight though not...
I have some rather large SCC skin mets on my skin aswel as inside my neck well the ones on my skin leak a horrible smelly fluid, my consultant knows but it seems to be getting worse and coming from my old trac scar which is very swollen! Sorry for maybe...
As requested here he is, the lovely Django
My husband was diagnosed this time last year. He’s had all treatment Chemoradiation although one dose of chemo gave him an AKI (acute kidney injury) it had spread to his lymph nodes in his neck so they have been removed. Ist Pet scan showed a high uptake...
Hi all, Thanks for your replies and kind words, it's most appreciated. So here it is, update No.1. It's been confirmed that I am PD-L1 positive meaning I'm able to have immunotherapy with my first treatment beginning next Friday. Wish me luck...
Hi guys ....new here thought i would see whats its like lol...No one in my house gets how im feeling and i understand that. I am on my 5th week of radiotherepy out of 6 and waiting on my second chemo but my god i have never been so sick in my life lol...
