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Hi I start chemo on Monday. My oncologist didn't mention it was palliative chemotherapy. Does this mean my chances are slim. No one told me
My husband, who has cancer in throat, voice box, lungs and neck lymph nodes is not keeping to his med chart. He keeps taking more meds than he should. I made the chart to make it easier to manage the large amount of meds, different amounts per day...
Hi all, I'm after some advise, I'm not sure if you can see my diagnosis from my profile but in summary. Base of tongue cancer T4 spread to left lymph gland and 3-4 more tumours left side. N2b M0. Not spread to right but still having radiotherapy aimed...
Hi anyone on here experienced Salivary Gland cancer? my husband had 16 hour operation with 50 lymph nodes removed, 6 were effected. He's doing really well and healing good. Radiotherapy next. The cancer has all been removed which is good news, saw the...
Hi everyone, We just wanted to share a blog which you might find interesting, around speech and voice changes following cancer. We wrote this blog with a focus on mouth cancer as it was Mouth Cancer Action Month in November. The blog features members...
I’ll keep it brief. My has been diagnosed with mouth cancer. He’s had a neck dissection and is now onto his 13th Radiotherapy treatment. He’s to have 6 weeks worth. He lives in the Philippines which tends to make some people switch off as but all I’m...
Hi everyone, hope yous are well & doing the best you can be ️ my mum was told back in June there is no more treatment she can receive after being diagnosed with head & neck cancer back in 2017 she received radio therapy, full neck decection, more radio...
Hi. I too was diagnosed with HPV +16 secondary throat cancer beginning of September. I've had both my tonsils removed and lymph nodes on both sides if back removed. There was cancer in one of the lymph nodes however they still cant find the primary but...
Hi, It's been a while since I contributed anything here, but thought I could give an update. Early in 2020, I was diagnosed with HPV16+ tonsil cancer (T3, N1). I went through chemoradiation treatment that started on the first day of Lockdown #1, so...
Hi everyone. Today marks 2 years since I got my H&N cancer diagnosis. I know most people mark when they complete treatment, but, as many regulars know, there seemed to be no definitive treatment end date for me so I mark "D-day" instead. I love to be...
