For anyone who is about to start their cancer treatment for Tonsil Cancer I would like them to know about my partners journey so far to give some positive vibes. He is almost finished Chemo and Radiotherapy the side effects that he was told would happen haven't been as bad as expected. He has managed without needing a PEG or NG tube. Food has been difficult but has found the drink supplements a big help in keeping calories up when everything has started to taste horrible. His throat has been sore but with soluble paracetamol and co - codamol it's been manageable. Im not saying it's easy but doing the exercises the speech therapist gave him weeks before treatment started really helped. As the weeks went on from 4th week he was only able to do them once a day. Taste is the worst of it all but that should improve once treatment stops. I know each person will respond differently to treatment but I just wanted anyone out there who is starting all this to have some hope.
