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Radiotherapy soon and worried about eating after having surgery to remove tumour from tongue

Jackdow
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Just had surgery to remove tumor from tongue and has spread to one node on neck and nerve .   Having my mask made plus planning scan tomorrow  and I am scared going back 10 steps with my eating was not good in the hospital but got fed by the feeding tube and I don’t wish to go back to that .

If anyone has gone through this is it bad as I am fearing

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    Hi

    i just had surgery on the 21st feb for a tumour on my tongue and been advised that it spread to my neck nods and nerve .    I was being fed by tube in the hospital and struggled to eat.but I improved well when I got home

    Now I am about to have 6 weeks 5 days per week of radiotherapy which I am scared I will go back 10 steps especially about the eating do not won’t to end back in hospital being tube fed 

    I am a female age 67 and never had any illness until I retired a year ago .

    if anyone has gone through the same would be interested how you got on

    many tganjs

  • Hi Jackdow,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat.

    You mention you had an appointment yesterday - I hope this went OK and has perhaps given you a bit of reassurance or understanding of what to potentially expect.

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    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
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