My husband - 44 at the time - was diagnosed in february 2010 with cancer of the oesophagus. It is situated at the junction of the stomach. He is rated as T3 N1 M0. Having under gone 9 weeks chemotherapy at The Royal Marsden Sutton, he was given a date for the operation. There was an 8 weeks wait for his body to regain strength.
Unfortunately within 4 days of chemo finishing he noted that his eating had started to deteriorate. A few more tests and another meeting with the surgeon concluded with the cancellation of his op and a lengthy weeks wait whilst them- that- be decided whether or not his cancer was too aggresive to treat.
Thankfully, the call came 6 days later to say he would be given radical treatment of combined chemoradiotherapy daily for 6 weeks. There would then be a 12 weeks wait to allow radiotherapy to do its thing.
Treatment completely battered my husband and unfortunately many symptoms have returned. He had a CT scan on Monday 8th Novemeber and we go in on the 15th for the results. We don't expect miracles but we pray for the words that confirm the surgeon now believes him to be in an operable state.
Fingers crossed that our little family -- daughter of 9 and son of 6 - will be able to raise a smile for the first time in such a long time.
