I'm sorry to hear that you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer. It's understandable that you might have some questions about treatment.
We have information about treating tonsil cancer on our website that may be helpful. I'm going to tag in one of our regular members RadioactiveRaz, aka Hazel who has been through treatment for HPV+ tonsil cancer and has shared lots of helpful posts about her journey in the different posts she has made on the forum. I'm sure she will pop along when she gets the chance.
In the meantime, if you'd like to talk things through with one of our team of nurses you're welcome to give them a call. I know they will be happy to listen and offer any advice, information and support they can. They're available Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm on 0808 800 4040.
I it’s rare for tonsils to be taken out unless they have been biopsy. The normal treatment for terms of cancer is radiotherapy and if lymph nodes are infect affected chemotherapy I’m now eight years post treatment for HPV driven tonsil cancer. The only surgery I had was a biopsy on my right tonsil to determine the staging of the Cancer. if tonsils are taken out the recovery time is around about 10 to 12 days first couple of days usually okay then the next from what I understand quite painful but you wouldn’t be given strong painkillers and do advise you to take them
Hi Elaine. The biopsy informed the status of my cancer that is was squamous cells as the fine needle biopsy for my lump. Also the cancer was caused by hpv virus which does have an effect on the final results. As hpv driven cancers respond differently to non hpv to treatment and they can target.my biopsy caused me no issues at all I wasn’t in pain. I went inti theatre at 1-30 pm hkne by 7 on abs ate *** and oral soup that night. Took a codeine that evening but no urged pain relief. what are they saying.
plus they got the staging from biopsy which aided the treatment pathway.
