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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Offline RadioactiveRaz over 7 years ago

Hi Laura
unfortunately thrush us very common it’s because the lack of saliva effects the entire way the mouth works .Nonmstter how scrupulous you are with oral care . I was praised by all fir my oral care but I had it several times the last bout was mid October to early December. I tried probibut to be honest they are difficult to swallow yep even though they are liquid u get to stage thinking 150 calories that they contain n the 20 mins to drink a little pot u can get 400 calories from fresubin high cal drinks .i used the probiotics in the early days and to no effect .If your hubby can stand it flucszorle is good but I ended up crying in the floor due to the fizzy pain it caused. Nystatin is much kinder at the first sign of u think mick is getting ut get some prescribed as the pain sets in pretty quickly.

You can ask nurse ir dr as a precaution if they would give u some my first bout started on Friday evening usually the case and had to wait until Monday!
Has Mick has the mask fitted yet? Forgive me you may have told me I seem to have 7 January as treatment starting day.

Hazel
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Offline RadioactiveRaz over 7 years ago

Hi Laura
unfortunately thrush us very common it’s because the lack of saliva effects the entire way the mouth works .Nonmstter how scrupulous you are with oral care . I was praised by all fir my oral care but I had it several times the last bout was mid October to early December. I tried probibut to be honest they are difficult to swallow yep even though they are liquid u get to stage thinking 150 calories that they contain n the 20 mins to drink a little pot u can get 400 calories from fresubin high cal drinks .i used the probiotics in the early days and to no effect .If your hubby can stand it flucszorle is good but I ended up crying in the floor due to the fizzy pain it caused. Nystatin is much kinder at the first sign of u think mick is getting ut get some prescribed as the pain sets in pretty quickly.

You can ask nurse ir dr as a precaution if they would give u some my first bout started on Friday evening usually the case and had to wait until Monday!
Has Mick has the mask fitted yet? Forgive me you may have told me I seem to have 7 January as treatment starting day.

Hazel
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