Hi All,
My husband has stage 3 Esophageal cancer and has just started his chemo. However about 5 weeks ago he had a feeding rig inserted so it would be ready in cycle 3 when he starts his radiotherapy. Currently he's eating fine and not needing to put anything through his feeding tube. We just flush it daily.
However, its never been right. He said the chemo is a breeze compared to the pain from the tube. Its still a bit crusty and a little blood and around the tube where the buttons and stitches were is still red and sore. It hurts to even have his shirt rub on it. After about 2 weeks we did end up in A&E as it was very sore and inflamed so the doctor gave him antibiotics and that helped but we keep having the nurses look at it and they say its fine but he's still in pain. I'm sure this cant be right. Can I urge the hospital to give him a scan or something as I'm scared this could turn into sepsis?
