I read an article in the mail today about a man who has been given the drug herceptin( usually prescribed for breast cancer ) to help him live longer after being told his cancer is terminal.Has anybody heard of anybody else trying this drug or any health authorities trialing it.
I just wondered if anyone who has had an oesophagus stent fitted could tell me how they are getting on with it,if your eating has improved or any problems you may have had.Tom is having one fitted next week so it would be good to hear about other peoples experiences.
My husband Tom has inoperable oesophagus cancer and is so desperate to be able to eat ,he has had 6 rounds of chemo which worked brilliantly for a few months and recently finished 2 weeksof radiotheraphy which has made the swollowing better but he can still only eat soups and drink liquids,some days they will stay down other days they come straight back up so he has lost about 2 st in the last few weeks.The doctors just…
Tom got the results of his endoscopy today and although the cancer in his lymph nodes and adrenal glands have not got any bigger the tumour in his oesophagus has grown bigger again since the chemo stopped in Jan.His oncology consultant has arranged for him to have 10 days of radiotheraphy and said that at first things will get worse before they get better.He says that 7 out of 10 see noticable improvement in their eating…
I am having terrible trouble eating at the moment as I feel so guilty that I can eat and Tom can't. I know I must as I do not want to make myself ill.Tom is having a real struggle at the moment getting any food at all down ,even things like mashed potato with loads of butter and milk will not go down.He has never moaned once since the day he was diagnosed but for the first time today he said he was fed up not being able…
