monday came. It was the longest day waiting for a 4.15pm appointment.
As a doctor, does it ever get easier to tell someone that the treatment hasn't worked?
Unfortunately, my husbands cancer has worsened. The existing tumours have doubled in size and are pressing against the wall of the oesophagus which itself has thickened. There are more lymph glands infected and now the liver too. All of this whilst on chemoradiotherapy…
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…
