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Tongue Cancer

Posted By januaryzz88

"Tongue Cancer"

About: Prince of Wales Hospital / ASB 6N - Specialty Surgery Ward

(as the patient),

I have had Tongue cancer twice 1st time in 2017 the 2nd in 2025 treated both times in Prince of Wales Randwick Sydney Head and Neck Clinic.

The first time the treatment was Radiation and Chemo. The second time in 2025 was an operation removing around half of the rear of my tongue and replacing with the part of my muscle from my right thigh.

The doctor and nurses, Specialist nurses and Hospital staff were brilliant, excellent, caring and loverly people whilst in hospital for my long stay (nearly 4 months). 

I have only 1 concern that it took nearly 5 month to see the Lymphoedema specialist nurse, there seems to be only 1 hospital with this special service, only in St George Hospital and not in a major hospital like Prince of Wales. 

Would the management ever consider having a Lymphoedema specialist nurse at Prince of Wales.

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Response from Lorraine Symonds, Acting Co-Director of Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, Executive, Prince of Wales Hospital 2 months ago
Lorraine Symonds
Acting Co-Director of Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, Executive,
Prince of Wales Hospital

Senior Nurse Manager

Submitted on 8/07/2026 at 11:49 AM
Published on Care Opinion Australia at 1:29 PM

Dear januaryzz88,

Thank you for sharing your experience and for your kind words about the care you received from our Head and Neck team. We are pleased to hear that our doctors, nurses, specialist nurses, and hospital staff provided compassionate, high-quality care during your treatment and extended hospital stay. We also appreciate your feedback regarding access to lymphoedema services and recognise the impact of the delay in receiving specialist care. Your comments have been shared with the relevant teams and will be considered as part of ongoing service planning and opportunities to improve access to specialist support for our patients.
Kind Regards

Lorraine Symonds
A/Co-Director, Nursing & Operations
Surgery & Perioperative Medicine POWH

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