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Has anyone experienced a tonsillectomy and soft palate reconstruction?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jul 16, 2023 | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
Hi @kmac1207 and welcome to our wonderful group of folks who have literally had their head examined.
It is difficult to watch your wife in pain and have little you can do to help. Whatever works such as ice water, warm water, cold 7-up. Don’t give up. Try fifty things to find what works and don’t get discouraged. You are the nurse now. Doctors and nurses make difficult patients sometimes.
Stage one is good. Of course stage zero (no cancer) is better but at least you can be almost certain of light at the end of the tunnel.
So this will be the year that she fought cancer and this will be the year that you will be both strengthened in your relationship. I and others are here for you, to help answer questions, to hold your hand from a distance if necessary. Don’t hesitate to ask as you already have.
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Thank you! We're finding little things here and there! Mixing ice cream with ensures, homemade mashed potatoes and thinning them down, Panera Bread baked potato soup and really mashing them down, using a strainer for chicken noodle soup and a few other things. Bitter/sweet is the treatments we were hoping for, Proton therapy we were able to get but the Clinical Study for 3 week treatment won't work for her. 6 weeks for 5 days a week and 1 round of chemo for 7 weeks is the process. We're bummed about the time frame but thankful for the treatment! She's lost 30 pounds and oncologist recommended a feeding tube aka peg tube. I'm thankful it's an option as she will most likely lose more weight and needs nutrition! She's scared and worried but knows this is the best option. We're going to beat it!