Hi,

so im currently 16 years old, about to turn 17 and my dad has just been diagnosed with throat cancer.

I (thankfully) have never had experience with anyone i know having cancer so this hit me very hard.

It unfortunately has spread to his lymphnodes and i have been told that the treatment will take 6-14 weeks and it is brutal. He can barely swallow at the moment and has his first appointment after diagnosis in three days.

It goes without saying that i am absolutely terrified. My father is a strong man and i know he will get through it but like most people the ‘what ifs’ invade my mind from time to time.

I am aware that watching him go through this already has been hard enough, watching him go through all this treatment is soemthing i cant even fathom.

I am posting this in the hopes that there is someone out there that can tell me what i am to expect and maybe even someone to talk to in all of this.