I am posting on behalf of my father he had his surgery 3 weeks ago he had part of his oesophagus removed and 2/3 of his stomach. I am posting to see if anyone has any advice to aid him in his recovery he was 9 days in ICU as he got pneumonia he only...
After 6 cycles of CAPOX which saw a good reduction in my tumours and 4 months of Nivolumab immunotherapy, unfortunately my cancer is progressing again. It's difficult, as I'd pinned all my hope on immunotherapy after reading so many success stories...
I have been told by multiple professionals involved in my NHS treatment that post operation, follow up scans are not conducted. No one seems to be able to give me a reason why and the fall back is that follow up care is appointments with them where I...
Hubby went to see oncologist on Tuesday, CT after 6 cycles of chemo report wasn't back but images were, he were told as far as he could see no new growths but needed to wait for report, hubby has had increasing bad back so he was arranging MRI to see...
My husband has been diagnosed with heart failure following his FLOT, weak outgoing heart muscle. This is now putting his surgery in jeopardy. Anyone else had experience of this? We are keen to go forward with the op but the clinicians are reluctant. Any...
Everything I read and everything I hear about this operation is truly terrifying. I would do literally ANYTHING else to rid myself of this awful disease. I understand that I'm fortunate to be given the opportunity to even have the op but the stories...
So, my husband had a scan half-way through FOLFOX chemo after 6 cycles. The results are delayed but the nurse phones to give us the 'good' news that the cancer is stable and has not spread further than the local lymph nodes. I am, however, feeling a bit...
I'm very anxious at the moment and wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience. I've had FLOT Chemo, then surgery, then another round of FLOT which finished four weeks ago. My worry is that for six weeks Ive had swollen glands in my throat...
Hi all, My nan had the tumour in her oesphagus removed through key hole surgery on the 24th May. She stayed in hospital for 6 weeks after due to constant diahorrea and sickness. They eventually sent her home with her feeding tube as she couldn't stay...
Spent 7 hours in A&E this morning with my husband as he has had delayed gastric emptying and vomiting at 13 months post Ivor-Lewis procedure. They did a CT. The gastric pull-up is all fine, but they found a 4cm tumour on his liver and a 3cm one on his...
