Hi thereshocked 46

welcome to the forum and hopefully it will be helpful to you . My husband was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer of the tonsils in December 2015. This came out of the blue as he had a swelling develop in the rght side if his neck which was the only symptom. Like your husband he is fit - runs 3-4 times a week, non smoking, tea total and vegetarian so ut was a real shock to us. He gad surgery , 5 cycles of chemo plus 6 weeks of VMAT radiotherapy and a neck dissection as it was still present in his lymph nodes on his post treatment PET scan. As you say tge side effect were horrendous but we kept pisitive - hecworked everday from home tgrough out and here we are a year and a half in remission looking forward to the future.

Wishing you lots of luck for a continued recovery for your hubby and a positive outcome.

best wishes

Emma

Hi Newlymarried thank you for your reply.

its good to hear success stories, keeps us positive, my husband has also worked right through which has kept him focused. So pleased your hubby is in remission that’s great to hear. Long may it continue. Sending good wishes to you both.

I was pleased to read this. Thank you so much  for posting.

My husband has just been diagnosed with the same. We haven't had the scan yet, but they are talking about 2 weeks of radiotherapy. We don't know what to expect. Will that be every day for 2 weeks? Or 2 sessions a week apart?

He had a blood cancer 2 years ago which destroyed his spleen. Surgery went wrong and resulted in 7 more trips to the operating theatre. By the time he was able to start the chemo, he had gone from 12 St to 8 St. The 6 months of chemo finished just over a year ago he has only just started to get back towards normal. We are totally gutted that  he now has to face more treatment for a totally different kind of cancer.

Are there any tips that'll make the treatment easier? 

Thanks 

Frances 

Good morning, glad your husband is recovering well, I had to reply and will use your husbands mindset as my inspiration, I have been diagnosed with the same thing except my cancer is on the right vocal chord, it has not spread anywhere else and is just located on my vocal chord, I sound very hoarse and sound like I need a good cough, I have today been told about all the horrendous side effects to expect and it's absolutely terrified me, I am too 46 and don't smoke or drink and am relatively fit, after reading your post it has helped and given me the confidence to face this head on, I start 6 weeks of radiotherapy in just over a weeks time.

thank you and all the best for your husbands future

I'm so sorry to hear that you also have the same cancer as my husband.

just to let you know he was two years post treatment on the 13th April this year and he is still being monitored on a regular basis and all is still well. I hope that news can give you a bit more courage and determination to know you can beat this. I wish you well with your treatment stay strong and positive, the mind is very powerful.

My husband swares by water the more the better. He never took a painkiller throughout. He did have the odd Guinness lol.

He sounded exactly the same as your explaining and we were also terrified listening to the awful experience he was about to face. 
sending best wishes and positive thought your way.