I am 72 and have just been diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. Recommended treatment at this time is 6 weeks radiotherapy, which sounds as if it will be daunting. Any advice would be welcome.
Welcome to Cancer Chat Mrsrobust although I'm sorry to read that you've just been diagnosed with tongue cancer.
[@Vatch] , [@Colinb], [@suzy149] and [@anil12] are just some of our members who have experience of tongue cancer and now I've mentioned them in this post they will hopefully pop by when they can to share their advice with you.
I'm including some information we have on our website about tongue cancer for you to have a look at and I also wanted to give you our cancer nurses telephone number in case you want to chat to them about your treatment. You can reach them Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m on 0808 800 4040.
Wishing you all the best with the radiotherapy when the time comes.
i am now 4 years in remission for a tongue based cancer that lodge itself as a secondary in a neck lymph node .... I am doing well and life is good
ypu mentioned that you are having radiotherapy are you having chemo too.
you most probably have loads of questions so to help you along this path a bit I have enclosed a link to my blog. I wrote this blog all the way through my treatment and it enlightens you to the different things that happened as treatment progressed
although we may have like cancer and treatment, we all go through this differently, so what happened to me, some might happen to you, but not all, but across our community hear, each of us would have something in common
enjoy my blog .... it’s a bit of a read so get settled
ask anything whenever and let us know how you get on
Thank you so much for this. I am going to the hospital tomorrow to have the mask fitted. The worst thing (apart from the diagnosis! ) so far is the news I have to have 6 teeth out under General anaesthetic next week.
I am going to set up a Rota for friends to drive me (120 mile round trip involving the A14 ). However, could you let me know of your experience 're parking? At present I plan to use the Park and Ride) but is there ample parking onsite at the hospital?
i would park in the main hospital car park .... if you show you treatment schedule to the parking office they will give you a ticket for the whole week which will only cost you £5 for the week which is better than paying 3.50 a session
it then if yellow and black twisty thing Round the back you can’t miss it ... it’s a walk back to oncology but ok in the summer.
for me it was a realisation that “this is happening now” for some it can be quite a daunting process too ..... if you have seen the film alien ... from my own experience I can only liken it to that.
Your mask is your friend though ... I called mine Frank .... it’s with you for every radiation treatment .... and you get to take it home
mine hangs in the garage and I say good morning to frank most mornings
I have now had all my prep appointments and have my first radiotherapy session (of 30) on Monday. Will let you know how I get on. How are you coping with the radiotherapy?
