Hi Jen
This is Hazel I am 10 month post radiotherapy for squamous cell cancer of the right tonsil and was found h p v 16+ .I am 62 if I can do it anyone can I am a wimp break a finger nail and I cry ,but 35 radiotherapy sessions and 2 chemotherapy sessions I found positive mental attitude got me there.
I echo Christines advise delegate delegate and then delegate some more. Don’t take it on yourself , if at all possible always have someone with you at meetings with consultant s get them to take notes, go with a list of questions write the answers down When you come out your brain will be a mush but if you have notes yiu can refer back to them.
Plus eat as much as you can as weight loss is a common theme , I lost Just I er 2 stones and am only 5 foot tall ,but in the week so leasing up to treatment I ate ice cream ,cream cakes in fact the higher the calories the better it’s one if the occasions that you can eat . Even if in the supermarket I find it strange no longer looking at How loan the calories are but weighing up in my mind has it got enough calories to be worth my time eating it, so low calorie food deffo not worth it.
Good luck
Keep in touch Hazel