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 and Mick

    wow you  dont do  by half’s do you !!!!!! Makes me tired just reading about it !!! You deserve a break if yiu can get one some time this year ! 

    yep we are still,in Spain we sent specially the weather to the U.K. over Easter just for my fellow cancer suffers lol we had 3 days  of torrential rain ourvdaughter and grandson were here somplayed lots of car games !! They went home  sunday and today normal weather has returned ,have biked uowards if 500 km we’ve just short if 2 weeks left have coped pretty well with the sun factorv50 and false tan. 

    The peg episode sounds interesting it’s marvellous what the human body can do when’s it has to ,good news about the lung and camera. 

    Thank you for kind words like I keep saying in the start I did it all selfishly for me but now am pleased along with Ian and rest of our gang to share our experiences albeit ones we didn’t want to have any of us. For you now Laura it’s the long slow road to recovery am sipure you will get there yiuve xome this far remember the early days ! And look whee youbare today

     

    keep in touch I will be updating my blog when we get home will post on here when it’s done.

    love to everyone 

    Hazel xx 

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  • Hi Laura and Mick

    wow you  dont do  by half’s do you !!!!!! Makes me tired just reading about it !!! You deserve a break if yiu can get one some time this year ! 

    yep we are still,in Spain we sent specially the weather to the U.K. over Easter just for my fellow cancer suffers lol we had 3 days  of torrential rain ourvdaughter and grandson were here somplayed lots of car games !! They went home  sunday and today normal weather has returned ,have biked uowards if 500 km we’ve just short if 2 weeks left have coped pretty well with the sun factorv50 and false tan. 

    The peg episode sounds interesting it’s marvellous what the human body can do when’s it has to ,good news about the lung and camera. 

    Thank you for kind words like I keep saying in the start I did it all selfishly for me but now am pleased along with Ian and rest of our gang to share our experiences albeit ones we didn’t want to have any of us. For you now Laura it’s the long slow road to recovery am sipure you will get there yiuve xome this far remember the early days ! And look whee youbare today

     

    keep in touch I will be updating my blog when we get home will post on here when it’s done.

    love to everyone 

    Hazel xx 

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