Chemotherapy

[Gintrap 24]

Been looking in on THL for years and enjoy reading many of the posts in various sections. As a quiet bloke by nature I've never really felt the need to comment as others have usually put down what I'm thinking, but thought I'd just add my experience on this. Dytkos, sorry to hear of your condition I've no idea how you get your head around that. At the end of 2024 I was diagnosed with cancer in my right tonsil and the base of my tongue and started an intensive six week course of radiotherapy and chemotherapy after the shooting season. I had radiotherapy five days a week and chemo once a week. I guess there must be different strengths and types of chemo because it didn't affect me to much,  never lost any hair, not that I've got much left to loose, my taste went real quick and I did feel very tired, I drove myself to and from the hospital and I kept working for the first two weeks but by the third I would get up go out with the dogs for a couple of hours then have to have a kip. Actually having the chemo wasn't to bad, it was done in a chemo ward you had a nice comfy chair and all the equipment was on a trolley stand so they would put a catheter in the back of your hand and connect you up but if you wanted to get up and walk about or go for a pee you just unplugged it from the wall and took the whole lot with you on the trolley stand thing. The chemo dehydrates you so, for me they would pump two bags or fluid into me, then the chemo bag and then another bag of fluid. The whole thing took about four hours. Like I said I am sure different chemo affect folk differently, this is just my experience. It was the radiotherapy that messed me up because it burnt away the cancer and a chunk of the inside if my mouth making eating a nightmare and even now a swig if port burns like hell. Luckily for me it worked and I'm now in remission, was back to work by the end off spring and even though I'll be sixty this year am back to being one of the fittest in the beating line. I know my situation is a lot different to yours, just thought I'd share my experience if chemo and hope it helps in some way.  I wish you all the best luck Dytkos.

 

[scotty12 4,925]

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[TOMO 30,156]

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[waltjnr 8,443]

10 hours ago, Gintrap said:

Been looking in on THL for years and enjoy reading many of the posts in various sections. As a quiet bloke by nature I've never really felt the need to comment as others have usually put down what I'm thinking, but thought I'd just add my experience on this. Dytkos, sorry to hear of your condition I've no idea how you get your head around that. At the end of 2024 I was diagnosed with cancer in my right tonsil and the base of my tongue and started an intensive six week course of radiotherapy and chemotherapy after the shooting season. I had radiotherapy five days a week and chemo once a week. I guess there must be different strengths and types of chemo because it didn't affect me to much,  never lost any hair, not that I've got much left to loose, my taste went real quick and I did feel very tired, I drove myself to and from the hospital and I kept working for the first two weeks but by the third I would get up go out with the dogs for a couple of hours then have to have a kip. Actually having the chemo wasn't to bad, it was done in a chemo ward you had a nice comfy chair and all the equipment was on a trolley stand so they would put a catheter in the back of your hand and connect you up but if you wanted to get up and walk about or go for a pee you just unplugged it from the wall and took the whole lot with you on the trolley stand thing. The chemo dehydrates you so, for me they would pump two bags or fluid into me, then the chemo bag and then another bag of fluid. The whole thing took about four hours. Like I said I am sure different chemo affect folk differently, this is just my experience. It was the radiotherapy that messed me up because it burnt away the cancer and a chunk of the inside if my mouth making eating a nightmare and even now a swig if port burns like hell. Luckily for me it worked and I'm now in remission, was back to work by the end off spring and even though I'll be sixty this year am back to being one of the fittest in the beating line. I know my situation is a lot different to yours, just thought I'd share my experience if chemo and hope it helps in some way.  I wish you all the best luck Dytkos.

 

Nice reply and many beating seasons ahead of you ! 

[dytkos 18,163]

23 hours ago, Gintrap said:

Been looking in on THL for years and enjoy reading many of the posts in various sections. As a quiet bloke by nature I've never really felt the need to comment as others have usually put down what I'm thinking, but thought I'd just add my experience on this. Dytkos, sorry to hear of your condition I've no idea how you get your head around that. At the end of 2024 I was diagnosed with cancer in my right tonsil and the base of my tongue and started an intensive six week course of radiotherapy and chemotherapy after the shooting season. I had radiotherapy five days a week and chemo once a week. I guess there must be different strengths and types of chemo because it didn't affect me to much,  never lost any hair, not that I've got much left to loose, my taste went real quick and I did feel very tired, I drove myself to and from the hospital and I kept working for the first two weeks but by the third I would get up go out with the dogs for a couple of hours then have to have a kip. Actually having the chemo wasn't to bad, it was done in a chemo ward you had a nice comfy chair and all the equipment was on a trolley stand so they would put a catheter in the back of your hand and connect you up but if you wanted to get up and walk about or go for a pee you just unplugged it from the wall and took the whole lot with you on the trolley stand thing. The chemo dehydrates you so, for me they would pump two bags or fluid into me, then the chemo bag and then another bag of fluid. The whole thing took about four hours. Like I said I am sure different chemo affect folk differently, this is just my experience. It was the radiotherapy that messed me up because it burnt away the cancer and a chunk of the inside if my mouth making eating a nightmare and even now a swig if port burns like hell. Luckily for me it worked and I'm now in remission, was back to work by the end off spring and even though I'll be sixty this year am back to being one of the fittest in the beating line. I know my situation is a lot different to yours, just thought I'd share my experience if chemo and hope it helps in some way.  I wish you all the best luck Dytkos.

 

Thanks mate I've had a couple of years of immunotherapy and it hasn't worked.  I know the script with the treatment, similar to immunotherapy but sessions take longer.

My condition is never gonna go, it's just how long I can stay alive (and function "normally") is the question?

Thanks for sharing your experience, I hope you remain well for many years.  

Cheers, D.

[dytkos 18,163]

Cheers again all for the replies, ran out of likes now!

Anyway you tight b*****ds, my lads doing this in aid of Macmillan Cancer, I'd be most grateful if a few of you were able to contribute a few quid to the cause.

Many thanks.

Cheers, D.

https://mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/chriss-mighty-hike2026

[mel b 4,679]

8 hours ago, dytkos said:

Cheers again all for the replies, ran out of likes now!

Anyway you tight b*****ds, my lads doing this in aid of Macmillan Cancer, I'd be most grateful if a few of you were able to contribute a few quid to the cause.

Many thanks.

Cheers, D.

https://mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/chriss-mighty-hike2026

[harryshounds 1,683]

Da had to do chemo. Not tryna be negative but it f****d him up and he died exactly 3 years after starting it. After watching him go through it, unless it offered a total cure I wouldn't bother me bollix. 

[harryshounds 1,683]

12 hours ago, dytkos said:

Cheers again all for the replies, ran out of likes now!

Anyway you tight b*****ds, my lads doing this in aid of Macmillan Cancer, I'd be most grateful if a few of you were able to contribute a few quid to the cause.

Many thanks.

Cheers, D.

https://mightyhikesfundraising.macmillan.org.uk/fundraising/chriss-mighty-hike2026

Donation sent. We do a Christmas swim every year for my boxing club and another charity usually for homeless or mental health charities but since me Da died we always donate to the hospice. They are literally angels on earth. Good luck with your cancer journey. Go n-éirí leatsa. 

[Gin 506]

On 20/01/2026 at 14:42, dytkos said:

Has anyone on here had it?

Having been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, I have had a 2 year course of immunotherapy that hasn't worked.

Currently in the waiting room for (another) MRI scan before my chemo starts in a few weeks.

Shits getting real now

Cheers, D.

Don't give up hope, I was on Palliative, end of life, for Lung Cancer, but up to now am cancer free. A friend in Devon had wide spread cancer to liver and kidneys etc, Had 76 high doses of Chemo, and has been told recently she has no sign of cancer. Stay positive . Best Wishes.  This group on Facebook is a great help. Lung Cancer Support UK

[Gin 506]

Lung Cancer Support UK is a proper medical group, and brilliant for me.

Also MacMillan were great. 

[dytkos 18,163]

10 hours ago, harryshounds said:

Donation sent. We do a Christmas swim every year for my boxing club and another charity usually for homeless or mental health charities but since me Da died we always donate to the hospice. They are literally angels on earth. Good luck with your cancer journey. Go n-éirí leatsa. 

Very much obliged, thank you 

Cheers, D.

[dytkos 18,163]

10 hours ago, Gin said:

Don't give up hope, I was on Palliative, end of life, for Lung Cancer, but up to now am cancer free. A friend in Devon had wide spread cancer to liver and kidneys etc, Had 76 high doses of Chemo, and has been told recently she has no sign of cancer. Stay positive . Best Wishes.  This group on Facebook is a great help. Lung Cancer Support UK

Brilliant mate.

Many thanks.

Cheers, D.

[dytkos 18,163]

On 22/01/2026 at 23:20, low plains drifter said:

Lad I work with mentioned the other day about one of the fungi that foragers harvest, cannot remember if it was Birch polypore that's supposed to lessen the unwanted effects of chemo, I'll ask him which one it was, I know the Birch tree is revered as a health giver in some cultures, drinking the Birch sap etc 

All the best

Says you can't receive messages but many thanks.

Cheers, D.