Hello everyone How is everyone doing? thank you for all of your help lately which I have passed on to my friend. He did the first post op chemo which was very tough but he got through it, Had bloods and told he cant have second post op chemo this...
Hi everyone, I had a bleed from my oesophageal tumour which resulted in me having a blood transfusion, radiotherapy to seal the tumour and 3 weeks in hospital where I lost about 3 stone in weight. I also experienced extreme sickness and obviously lack...
Hi all, I'm new to the group, my mum 66 was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in July 24, however, now diagnosed with esophagus cancer which has spread to the lung, her tumor is 30cm in length, she's just had a stent fitted after removing a feeding...
Hi I posted about my mum's diagnosis. It was detected via an endoscope and then had a PET scan. She had an appointment yesterday to discuss results of PET scan. Tumour couldnt be seen on it. He said it's small and now wants to look at how deep into muscle...
Hello all, I am looking for any information on people diagnosed with oesophageal cancer who have previously had bariatric surgery, specifically gastric bypass. My husband was diagnosed in December last year and we had our first consultant appointment...
So found out today my fellas cancer can not be treated with surgery, but can be treated with chemo and immunotherapy.
Hi. I have squamous cell OC with the tumour in the lower half of the oesophagus but above the stomach. I started the first of 5 rounds of Paclitaxel/Carboplatin chemotherapy and the first of 23 sessions of radiotherapy on the 8th January. Most people...
Hi all had my last FLOT last Thursday very few side effects but Wednesday night started vomiting never had this before when I take the Metoclopramide comes straight back up ! Is this the chemo or am I back to square one where everything comes back up...
Hi everyone.My husbandwas diagnosed on Monday. Next steps are a PET scan and a more indepth endoscopy and chemo will start in January followed by surgery then more chemo. It hasn't spread but has affected the surrounding lymph nodes This is another night...
afternoon you lovelies, so long day yesterday, had an hour with claire the counsellor at the maggies centre churchill before going to see bruno my surgeon. that was an hour well spent, claire made me feel i wasnt going mad, and i actually didnt cry, ...
