Cancer Support Thread 98: support for those diagnosed and going through treatment

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Hello 👋

@ForestFlowerFairy - Thanks for your welcome! - nice to hear from you again - I'm just sorry it's on this thread.

... 30 sessions across 6 weeks (5 days a week) plus weekly chemotherapy ... by 'eck, you've been through a lot - I'm sorry about that - and burns and damage to your mouth and saliva glands - I'll going to keep quiet about me feelin' slightly tired - my fourth session will be tomorrow.

I'm pleased it's a year since your treatment stopped - do you have regular 'check scans'?

Look after yourself - best wishes

@DanFmDorking I'm not going to say it was easy, it was six intensive weeks, but unlike many my treatment didn't go on for a year+ and I'm still here. You should 100% moan, complain or scream about the injustice, especially here.
So much of last year was a haze, thank goodness for opioids!!!
I only had one set of scans approximately 20 weeks after treatment stopped and since then I see my ENT consultant every 8-10 weeks. That will gradually reduce over the next 4 years.
I stopped seeing the Macmillan nurses in February when they signed me off as capable of eating and removed the feeding tube, felt like a real milestone and I stupidly thought, I'm better now, yet even now the tiredness gets me and I have to really focus and listen to my body.
Sorry I can't be more help, you're always welcome to tag or message me