The chemo seems to have passed fairly uneventfully and i was scheduled for an Ivor Lewis back in April 2018 which duly went ahead. Shortly afterwards however things started to go a bit wrong. Both surgical wounds became infected and dehisced with the one to my abdomen leaving a round hole the size of a dinner plate on my stomach and me enjoying an extended stay in the ICU for nearly three weeks as they fought to control…
My personal cancer journey started this summer shortly before my sixtieth birthday well away from the horrors of this disease with some very unpleasant and debilitating chest pains one morning when i woke up. To cut to the chase I ended up in A&E for the day having various tests which revealed nothing of significance thankfully. A few days later a call from my GP's surgery invited me to an appointment to discuss the results…
