Hi TFS

enjoy yourv3 day break ,week 3 things start to ramp up at bit, week 4 is when the fun could start but we are all different .

enjoy weekend , do yiu have to go to Puerto de las Cruz for treatment ? Is it IMART that u are having so u know ?

H

Hi Laura 

he had 1 teaspoon 3 times a day whenever he could tolerate it during the day - I tbink the higher the medicinal factor the better but you can only get those from places such as Holland and Barratt. Its expensive - about £30 but they have buy 1 get 1 fir 1pence quiet often. Paul used caphasol mouthwash and fluoroguard  mouth wash too xx

Best wishes

Emma 

HI Laura amd Mick

asnthe Tesco asvert says every little helps.

No problems been there done it gitbthe r shirt ,like everyone else would sooner not have.

try and enjoy weekend once treatment starts you get into a sort of routine, I treated it like a 7 week secondment ,one tip talk to others that are waiting I’ve made 3 good mates and we help each other along one is in dr Sen in Monday before me getting his results and the other is coming up after his scan to wait for us. 

Cancer is cruel but some good can come out if ut

Hazel x

Santa Cruz is our main hospital here capital  city  about 25 miles from Puerto, although i live in South about 50 miles away takes an hour or so each way. We have an amazing expat charity here, that have helped me so much with transport, translators and more, called FACT  (fighting against cancer Tenerife), selfless helpful people.

My treatment is like yours Vmat. They seem to really believe in it.

Hi

Yes the treatment is state of the art targeted to .ooo1 mm or something like that I know many a time in the table it moved remotely after they had scanned me and it was tiny movements . Years ago we would have had 2 wall bricks out at sides if neck and been blasted to high hell.

Have to agree with you in San Javier near where are apartment is MABS the ex oat cancer charity were brill when we venturedover r 8 weeks after treatment. I contacted them about hiring a nebuliser or where I could buy one along with a humidifier,they git back to me and said they had them all I had to do was go up they would put one in one side . Gave me emergency contact card if u needed anything contactvthem if I needed pharmacia or hospitals and was struggling they would get someone’s to translate for me. So needless  to say gave them a generous donation and quite a few bits for the charity shop. 

Have tomsay the he ex pats are good at stuff like that. 

Hazel 

Hi Hazel I rang the bell but left the mask..I just didnt want it, my garage is already full of junk :)

Im feeling good but very tired now and off to bed soon, I really hope I can eat normally in a month or so, Not knowing what to expect now but obviously improvements! Iv been told to keep an eye on one side of my neck as the skin is very red and could break, Im plastering the E45 cream on and the Hydrocortizone sparingly twice a day, I had chips in gravy for tea and cake and cream after that, Iv lost about a stone now but my jeans are no looser so Im guessing its muscle mass etc. I`ll tell Julie you were asking.

Dave

Hi Dave

xongratulations on reaching end of phase 1 now the long slow haul to recovery. Yiu May have one step forward 2 step backward moments but don’t despair.

imoressed chips and gravy wow , cake and ice cream is excellent double calories!,

my nexk erupted  at end if week 5 and I had 2 more weeks to go consultant  knew I wouldn’t end up with a 3rd degree burn and he was right .After it healed I use bio oil again sparingly but now you can hardly tell .

have a quiet weekend and baby steps next week .i lostb2 stone mostly in the weeks that followed treatment as I was in feedingbtube good lick keep in touch .Sleep is god

Hazel

Oscar;   Just to congratulate you again from me, you give me hope.

Thanks TFS I was pretty fit before the start of the treatment Im almost 61 but keep fit by walking and playing football 3-4 times a week and the docs say its helped me deal with it plus a positive mental attitude, its not over yet but you get my drift.

Hazel has anyone explained why we this indegestion? I rarely got indegestion before the treatment.

Dave