Hi there,
My husband was diagnosed with tonsil cancer and also in lymph nodes in neck.
This came due to HPV we were told.
He is week 6 of Mon to Fri radiotherapy (finishes on Fri 1st Oct) and today should have been last session (7th) of chemotherapy but they decided not to do it this week.
My husband has been and absolute trouper never moaning just trying to be upbeat, I would say until last week. He got so down, all with the no eating and food not going down due to the thick mucus etc he has many many medicines etc but what has been causing him so so much pain and discomfort is the oral thrush he has now had this foe 4 weeks and has been given various treatments but it's just not clearing so this on top of all the other side effects of the treatment is just hard going on him and so sad to see him like this. He is still at work, self employed (don't ask touchy subject! He won't listen to me lol) and he has driven himself 80 miles round trip everyday to the hospital (again don't ask he won't listen to me lol) His attitude has been amazing but he is really struggling now. The hospital mentioned the feeding tube this week and he has refused it and given him shakes to drink, but he said he's not taking them as they are not nice at all with the tinny metallic taste he has all the time now. He was doing great with no weight loss at all but in 2 weeks he has lost around 1 stone 6lbs. His neck has like blood spots on it this week amd even more of his hair has fallen out from nape of neck and going higher and higher which he is demented about.
I could go on and on as so much on my mind tonight, any information from anyone on here would be greatly appreciated.
Oh and my husband is 53, healthy and always been a non smoker.
Thanks
