Dear All My partner has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in April . He’d had couple cycles of chemo which were very tough for him but he managed to go through the nasty side effects. we just given a date for surgery & had been told it takes at...
Hi All I’m writing this from ICU at Guildford hospital following the surgery to remove my Oesophagus and pull my stomach up that took place last week Now I am starting to face the future and new ways of eating and drinking I wondered if anyone has...
Hi everyone I went for a meeting with my surgeon recently who informed me that it's only the stomach removal part of the operation that is done by keyhole surgery. I'd thought that it would all be done by either keyhole or robotic means. I understand...
Hi, my Husband had robotic surgery on 10th July and was doing well but for the past week his cough has got much worse than straight after surgery. Is this normal or should we be worried?
I had stage 4 diagnoses a year ago . Started a course of 8 chemotherapy sessions which I completed and apart from the first week where it was difficult the rest of the time I had no symptoms and felt really well. The cancer had spread to my liver , lung...
Hi Everyone Just looking for opinions on this subject. Ive had my first four FLOT chemotherapy sessions which have been successful. After seeing my oncologist I thought my operation date was going to be at the beginning of September but when I saw...
Hello everyone. I have just been diagnosed with mid oesophageal adenocarcinoma. I start Chemo next week for 8 weeks and then a 3 stage esophagectomy, in October sometime. I am in shock right now and have been told to get fit and put on muscle to be...
Hi I am new to the forum ( my 1st post), here goes. I have had Barrets for many years, on my last surveillance endoscopy 7 weeks ago, they confirmed changes, but not cancer. However, 12cm higher up they have found squamous cell carcinoma, which has...
Hi, newbie to the forum and thought I'd introduce myself. I was diagnosed with stage 4 OC in Feb of this year. As is the case with everyone, shocking news to deal with - a nightmare from which you never wake- at least that's how I still feel. My chemo...
Hi, just looking for some advice please, we have just been told that my 86 year old dad has oesophageal cancer, he has had swallowing problems for about 13 months and has been NG tube fed following an endoscopy tear for 8 weeks. This time after being...
