one day at a time's blog

my dad had deteriated fast yesterday he couldn't even swallow his own saliva doctors think he has a blockage in his stomach/oesophagus, so he is going in today 12.15 to have a stent fitted they aren't even going to do a stretch dialation first? straight for the stent. i saw him this morning and he looks gastly as would be expected. he has lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks. my mum isn't doing too well either i thought she was…

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows anything or has had any good or bad experiences with either a stent or having oesophagus stretched? my dads deteriating fast, he isn't on treatment anymore as he is terminal so there just looking at keeping him comfy and as his food has started to get stuck again they have mentioned stretching his gullet first and then a couple of weeks later putting a stent in place? he has lost 4 pounds…

I haven't really been on here much but I have spent a lot of time reading everybody's blogs and profiles etc, I have gained a lot of inspiration and positiveness from you all, you are truly all amazing, is that a side effect (symptom) of cancer once you are diagnosed you become true angels, the nicest people ever? not saying you weren't nice before but I have never met so many lovely people in one place before. Anyhow…

HI EVERYBODY I WAS JUST WONDERING MY DAD IS HAVING ECX FOR OESOPHAGUS CANCER WHICH HAS SPREAD TO HIS LYMPH GLANDS SO HE IS INOPERABLE, HE IS TO HAVE 6 CYCLES HE HAS ALMOST FINISHED HIS 3 CYCLE. THE 1ST CYCLE HE WAS PRETTY GOOD, 2ND CYCLE REALLY NAUSEUS AND TIRED MOST OF THE TIME. THIS 3RD CYCLE HE IS VERY NAUSEUS ALL THE TIME AND REALLY WEAK AND TIRED. HE HAS BEEN TAKING CYCLIZINE FOR HIS SICKNESS AS DOMPERIDONE DIDN…