Head and neck cancer fitness
Head and neck cancer fitness
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Eating after Head and Neck Cancer
When you have had radiotherapy or surgery in you mouth and neck, eating is a major problem when you come home from the hospital. Getting some basic tools like a juicer, liquidiser, pestle and mortar etc. will enable you to prepare nutritious meals. You will gradually progress from puree, to soft foods to a normal meal. Please avoid just eating yoghurt and custard as you will lack essential vitamins. I lost weight as do several patients at this time so it is essential to get the calories into your diet to help the healing process.
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Biting your flap and/or your TMJ hurts, here's an option
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Have you had a glossectomy and reconstruction and struggle with biting your flap? Have you had jaw joint pain because you are only eating at the back on one side? If you answered yes then this video should help offer a solution. If you have perfect teeth then this is not for you but if straightening your teeth can open up the space between your flap and your teeth then it could give you relief ...
A wake up call for exercises
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Our bodies suffered a great shock when we had our cancer treatment and it is essential to continue exercising to keep our neck, arms and shoulders in good shape. When we think we are almost back to normal there is a tendency to stop. DON'T. Use it or lose.
Two reasons to celebrate - 5 years cancer free
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The doctors and media talk about our cancer as a "journey". I think it is more like an uphill battle. From your original suspicions to diagnosis through to surgery or radiotherapy and chemotherapy it is not easy. We are all different and the results are different. However, if you work hard with speech therapy, physical exercises and look after your body, things will improve to your new normal. ...
Eating in or out after head and neck cancer
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After head and neck cancer surgery or radiotherapy, eating can be one of the biggest problems. You start on puree, taste is different and after radiotherapy food may even taste like cardboard. Swallowing can be difficult and you just have to be patient as you slowly recover. Gradually you can move up to lumpy wet foods until finally you are eating some semblance of a normal diet. But what happe...
What to do when you put your jaw (TMJ) out?
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In head and neck cancer post surgery, often you are only able to eat on one side for awhile to avoid biting your flap. Also being on puree for an extended period means you are not exercising your jaw muscles as you would normally. This can sometimes result in the jaw going out which is the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) and it can be incredibly painful. It hurts to yawn, cough, eat and muscular ...
3 Years Post Surgery
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Hi Everyone. Thought I would send you an update as this year I celebrated three years cancer free. Sure there are a few hiccups along the way but essentially I am accepting that my new normal is not that bad. I am alive and enjoying life. Thanks for all your comments and encouragement and I am delighted my videos are helping many of you. Feel free to post questions as this may give me an idea f...
Anterior Deltoid muscle - Exercises after a neck dissection
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If you have had a neck dissection, you may struggle with movement of the arm on the side of the surgery. The trapezoid muscle may be traumatised and so the anterior deltoid takes over and may be doing work to compensate. The exercises get that muscle working again enabling you to lift the arm and cross the arm over your chest. Start slowly and as you get stronger use a weight starting with half...
Ways to improve your speech after a partial glossectomy or mouth surgery.
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After a partial glossectomy learning to speak again is a challenge. I found a few ways and hope these may help your speech improvement. 1. Take advantage of the expertise from your speech therapist, and practice the recommended exercises. 2. Practice spontaneous speech with as many friends and family and 3..Regularly do tongue exercises to strengthen your tongue muscle which now has to work har...
Where can you get support after head and neck cancer?
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After head and neck cancer, it is difficult to find people who really understand what you have been through and also be able to discuss any on-going problems. Your clinical team and various cancer societies can offer help but a forum where people have all been through head and neck cancer at different stages is a vital resource for your support. heads2gether.net in the UK has various groups up ...
Video Diary - Surgery to six months
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This video documents the first six months after surgery showing mood swings to milestones. For many patients head and neck surgery such as tongue, throat, neck, larynx and mouth cancer is not only a shock but can be life changing. When I woke up in ICU, I wondered how on earth I would ever get back to how I used to be. From day 5 a physiotherapist and speech therapist at the brilliant Churchill...
Arm and Rotator Cuff Exercises
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After a neck dissection and arm graft movement is restricted as the surgery has traumatised the muscles. I will show you how to exercise your arms and rotator cuff to become more flexible, reduce or even eliminate any discomfort and make the muscles stronger. It is important to check with your doctor or physiotherapist before doing any exercise after surgery. Also important is to do the exercis...
Pre Tongue Surgery Personal Video Diary
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This video is for anyone or the partner or family of someone who has just had a head and neck cancer diagnosis. Emotions are high when you are diagnosed with any cancer particularly with head and neck cancer. Questions arise such as will I able be to talk, eat, swallow, will people treat me differently and even will I die? Talking to other cancer patients such emotions are normal. I went from s...
Wrist Exercises after a wrist graft
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This video will go through several exercises for your wrist after a graft. If you have had a tongue glossectomy it is quite common to take a graft, artery and vein from the forearm to reconstruct the tongue. The reconstructed part is called a ‘flap’. After surgery, it is difficult to open a jar or lift a weight so do these wrist exercises after your surgery to regain strength and remove any sti...
Tongue exercises after a glossectomy
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The tongue exercises in this video will help strengthen your tongue for better speech and easier eating. I have to admit this video is not very pretty as I use my mouth to work through the tongue exercises after my tongue surgery. I had a partial glossectomy, so had a third of my tongue removed and it was reconstructed with a graft, artery and vein from my left forearm. It is a shock after tong...
Scapular strengthening exercises after a neck dissection
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Scapular strengthening exercises after a neck dissection
Neck Exercises after a Neck Dissection
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Neck Exercises after a Neck Dissection
Janet West's Tongue Cancer Story on BBC South Today
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Janet West's Tongue Cancer Story on BBC South Today
Introduction to exercising after head and neck cancer and props to help
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Introduction to exercising after head and neck cancer and props to help