Thanks TFS holiday just booked to Gran Canaria in three weeks time, got some catching up to do.

Cotswold, as Ian says this is not nice but survivable, grit your teeth and face it head on you can beat it.

Dave

Hello Cotswald.

Best wishes for your upcoming treatment,hope all goes well.

Perhaps after you get a couple of sessions under your belt it will be less scary for you. Its the unknown that makes it so scary I think.

Our thoughts are with you both,keep in touch & Happy Easter.xx

Thanks Dave, I am really pleased for you, enjoy your holiday...

Hi 

My partner has just been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer of the larynx, tonsils, and lymph nods. He is due to start 6 weeks of radiotherapy within the next 2 weeks.

Diann

Hi Diann welcome to the club we are s small exclusive club that no one wants to join. But on here u will find s good bunch of us all in varying stages I am hazel 8 months post radiotherapy for tonsil n lymph nodes. I have s blog www.radioactiveraz.wordpress.com detailing honesty my treatment n recovery with links to anchor 1707 Ian s blog. Good luck ask away any questions u will also ding s piece my hubby wrote from his perspective 

h keep in touch 

Hi Dave well done the holiday proud of u. I cope ok with it  only thing I do differently is factor 50 at all tones in my neck and always carry water with me. Can’t helueve I will be away while I am back home !!! Lol. Wales in 5 weeks for a week in cottage with family home 3 weeks bsck here for 16 days then 11 weeks home ! Then bsck here for  8 weeks 

keep in touch H x

Hi Colin 

deep breath hold you head up high u can and will do it. I totally get how u are feeling I was the same  I cried  my self to sleep the last night befire trestment began. Was u ever going to be the same person again the same wife the same mum. Hand on heart I can say yes u am cancer has not and will not define me. I am still the same person not any different I have told people not to treat me with kid gloves n no one has the only allowance any one us making fir me is I can’t eat as much meat as I did before so I have more veggie s now and I make John have more fish. !

some people say cancer makes a new you and u get used to it. I decided I didn’t want s new me I wanted me so positive mental attitude you will get there we will drag u along. 

Please let us know how Tuesday goes 

as Ian says onward and uowards

hszel from a soggy Spain to all my u k mates enjoy the sun while u csn coz I’ve 2 more weeks here n want my SUN back 

ps agree I felt really well as well prior to it sll stsrting ! But ferl good now apart from poor saliva but it’s getting there slowly 

haxel love to Eileen x

Hi there Cotswold and you are definitely right in describing it as the calm before the storm however a storm ends and the sun comes out to shine again so hold onto that. 

My hubby was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and lymph node tumours in Dec 2015 - a massive shock and he was so well. The only symptom was a lump that had appeared in his neck on the right side. The last thing on our radar was cancer - we are vegetarian, non smoking, practically non drinking and run most days. As you say the thought of them pumping chemicals and blasting him with radiation when he was well seemed mad. Whenever we told anyone they looked at us in disbelief.

However 5 cycles of Cistplatin chemotherapy, 30 fractions of radiotherapy and a neck dissection later he has been in remission and cancer free for nearly 3 years. Life was different for a while and yes we do have to check menus when we are planning to go out to eat to make sure there’s something he can eat, I spend a fortune every week on bottled water ( Evian being the vintage of choice) as he is a water connoisseur, chocolate doesnt taste the same , his tennis serve and golf swing have taken a battering and his thyroid is knackered by the radiation but its a small price to pay for him being here. So the reason for me saying this is - yes the treatment is damn tough and arduous - takes its toll on you and your loved ones but you will get through it and come out the other side. Take a deep breath - tell yourself your kicking this things backside into touch and just take each day as it comes.

Were here to help and its great youve read Hazel and Ians blogs   to help along the way. Wishing you so much luck for tuesday and pop back to let us know how your getting on and ask any questions you might have. Feel free to send a friend request if you want to chat more.

Best wishes 

Emma 

Hi Dave 

well done on your holiday following in Hazels footsteps off to the sun.

best wishes

Emma