HPV Cancer Prevention
Maura Gillison from the MD Anderson Cancer Centre who did many of the studies proving the link between throat cancer…
Being your own advocate
“I was prescribed medication but it wasn’t the right medication and I still felt like something wasn’t right. I spent…
Awake intubation through nose
Nasotracheal intubation! As a repeat cancer patient I’ve spent 20 years toughening myself up for medical procedures. If you’re going…
No social eating?
HNC patients suffer from unique challenges, as much of social functioning depends on the structural and functional integrity of the…
Masking up. Part 2.
Last time I wrote about the radiotherapy experience in general as well as the dreaded mask. This time I want…
Masking up, Part 1
I don’t have any feelings about the radiation mask. To many it’s a symbol of the horror of HNC treatment….
The loneliness of rare cancers
Not nice to have a head and neck cancer of any sort but those who don’t fall into the neat…
An ulcer that doesn’t go away
This is a plea for World Head and Neck Cancer Day. A mouth ulcer that lasts more than two weeks…
Accept the scarred and disabled
We’re getting closer to WHNCD which is held on July 27. No stalls this year but an online awareness campaign….
Save lives with the HPV vac
With World Head and Neck Cancer Day coming up on July 27th and no stalls this year I am going…