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Husband has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer

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My husband was diagnosed with tonsil cancer 3 days ago and was told it's at an advanced stage. He will be starting radiotherapy in January. He's 69 years old and fit for his age. Hoping someone else has been through this and can share experiences in his journey 

  • Welcome to Cancer Chat j2e3h4, although I'm sorry to hear your husband has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer, and that it's at an advanced stage.

    This must be a very difficult time for you both, but I'm glad you've reached out to us as so many of our members will understand what you're going through, so you are not alone, and I hope you can find some strength and comfort from joining our community.

    I've had a quick look through the forum for you and found a few members who have posted recently about having tonsil cancer. They are  ,   and   and now that I've tagged them in this post, they will hopefully stop by when they can to tell you more about themselves and their journeys with tonsil cancer so far.

    We do have some information about tonsil cancer on our website, but if you or your husband would like to discuss any of this further with one of our cancer nurses, you can give them a call on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very insightful and will do all they can to address any other questions or concerns you may have at this time.

    We're sending you both all of our support j2e3h4, and wishing your husband all the best with his radiotherapy in the New Year.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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    Thank you so much for your reply.

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    Hi there. Our dad was diagnosed with tonsil cancer in March 2023. He had the cancer removed along with a neck dissection as it was in a lymph node in his neck, and then 30 sessions of radiotherapy after his surgeries as a belt and braces approach. Happy to say he received the all clear in January 2024 at his first scan post treatment and has been well ever since. He still struggles a little with swallowing because of the surgery to his throat, but he manages and aside from that has no other long term affects. It’s a scary time but there is life at the other side, my Dad is living proof of that. He was 64 at the time of diagnosis so a similar age to your husband. I hope you’re both doing as well as can be, feel free to reach out if you have any questions x

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