Living with mouth and oropharyngeal cancer

Coping with mouth and oropharyngeal cancer can be difficult. There is help and support available.

Mouth and oropharyngeal cancer and its treatment can affect your eating and swallowing. There are people who can support you with eating and swallowing

Changes in your appearance can be difficult to cope with, but talking to others might help.

You might have changes to your speech due to mouth and oropharyngeal cancer or treatment. But there are things you can do and people who can help.

A breathing stoma is an opening in your neck that you breathe through after some types of surgery for mouth and oropharyngeal cancers.

Mouth and oropharyngeal cancer might affect how you feel about your sex life. But there are people who can give you advice and support you.

There are lots of organisations, support groups, videos and other resources to help you cope with mouth and oropharyngeal cancer and treatment.