New to this forum and trying my best to navigate some uncertainty, so appreciate any thoughts based upon your experience. After four cycles of FLOT and my tumor being stabilzed. Tumor specifcally is a T3 n1 bulky distal oesophageal adenocarcinoma involving...
Hi everyone, new here! Weve had confirmation today that mum has oesophagus cancer; this has been caught by tests performed at sheffield focussing on her small bowell, they saw it on the way down. Luckily the small bowel has been confirmed as not cancerous...
My hubby had ivor lewis 6 weeks ago its been tough with eating snd him losing 2.5 stone . Had the consultant today for biopsy result. The margins were clear but out of the 37 lythm nodes 2 came back positive. Mop up chemo is in 3 weeks , consultant said...
Today it was confirmed that cancer has returned and is all over the peritoneum and small bowel. Chris has been so unwell since the hiatal hernia repair that there is no chance of him coping with any chemotherapy and it probably wouldn’t help much anyway...
In February I had brachytherapy for my oesophagus tumour. I was warned there may be significant side effects due to large dose of radiation. I was fine for a while but have now developed an ulcer at the site of the tumour, both being about 3cm in length...
Hi, Looking for some advice from anyone who has maybe been in a similar situation. My dad was diagnosed with Esophagus cancer on Friday. We are still waiting to the results from the biopsies they took from the raised lymphnodes on his neck. They have...
My husband had his oesophagectomy in April 2025 and has been doing really well until about a month ago. To cut a long story short, what we thought was likely to be delayed emptying causing his coughing, nausea and lack of appetite turned out to be a twisted...
Hi all. I'm six weeks post op and doing ok now I'm home. I was in hospital for five weeks. However, I'm fine when lying down but as soon as I stand up I get this incredible dizziness and a feeling of total weakness. The dizziness seems to start on my...
Hello all, I joined following a malignant looking gastro oesophageal junction tumour on endoscopy 2 weeks ago, I'm a retired nurse practitioner and I'm so glad I joined as I've learnt so much and the positivity and support is clear to see. I knew it...
My mum (82) was diagnosed in September last year. She decided not to have an op to remove the tumour and instead had a stent fitted to help her eat as she couldn't swallow at all hardly. All was fine until January, she was struggling to swallow again...
