Radiotherapy for Throat Cancer

Hello all,

I have posted my little story on introduce yourself and basically I have been diagnosed with Stage 1 Throat cancer.

The prognosis is hopeful and I remain cheerful and positive. Its taken a while for the actual treatment to start so glad to get on with it at last.

I started my first day of radiotherpy today and have 29 more treatments to go over 6 week period.
I have made a little computer programme that logs my side effects and summarises episodes of each heading and I plan on keeping a daily log of how things went/ how I feel ( good and bad ) and map out my journey. I find it therapuetic.

I will share periodically in the hope that even if it helps one person as well as myself  it will be worthwhile.

So day 1 was fine and I dont really feel any difference or notice anything.
One small point is that the mask made was slightly harder than when it was first made as it has set little harder over the weeks and was a little more moveable on the day made.
Took about 10 mins for actual radiotherpay treatment itself.
Drove home fine.

Meet with advanced practioner nurse every Thurs to discuss progress.
Aware might be a little different along the way but all good after day 1.

 

kind regards

Ian

 

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  • Hi Laura

     

    dont worry you wasn’t on your own thinking that !

    one tip keep iff dr google my consultant told me that ,look st cancer U.K. and Macmillan forum you don’t need anything else ,like he said any figures are way out of date and anyone can write anything .the blogs that we have written are truthful facts what happened to us ,everyone is different .snother blog written about 4 years ago that helped me in the beginning is

    www.gammaraygary.wordpress.com he is also in her under the nickname Vatch.

    emma  @Newlymarried  has been a great source of reasoning for me.

     

    just remember the cure rate is a very good one it’s just the treatment that’s nit pleasant but if me a 61 year old female can do it and come out the other side any one can 

    please keep us up to date. Take a pen n paper with u ask questions ,was he diagnosed h p v 16. + do u kniw or ask 

    hazel 

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  • Hi Laura

     

    dont worry you wasn’t on your own thinking that !

    one tip keep iff dr google my consultant told me that ,look st cancer U.K. and Macmillan forum you don’t need anything else ,like he said any figures are way out of date and anyone can write anything .the blogs that we have written are truthful facts what happened to us ,everyone is different .snother blog written about 4 years ago that helped me in the beginning is

    www.gammaraygary.wordpress.com he is also in her under the nickname Vatch.

    emma  @Newlymarried  has been a great source of reasoning for me.

     

    just remember the cure rate is a very good one it’s just the treatment that’s nit pleasant but if me a 61 year old female can do it and come out the other side any one can 

    please keep us up to date. Take a pen n paper with u ask questions ,was he diagnosed h p v 16. + do u kniw or ask 

    hazel 

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