Hi all My dad has just come out of hospital today after his oesophagectomy last Tues. To be home after 9 days is quite unbelievable and he has done amazingly well so far. However, this is the real start of his recovery and while the feeling of being...
Hi ihave just finished preop Flot chemo, quite bad rah on face neck and chest. Has anyone experienced this side effect and have advice
Hi everyone, My Dad should have had his last cycle of chemo on 7th July but due to an infection on his foot, this has been delayed provisionally until this Friday 21st July. The infection hasn't quite healed yet and I was wondering how long chemo...
Hello everyone. I'm struggling few months now. I have stomach issues and had an endoscopy 3years ago. 4months now I have pain when I swallow witch was really bad at the beginning and huge pain in my chest. I got to the doc and told me that there's no...
I have now received my provisional result of T3 N1 M0 which to my understanding means the tumour has not spread to other vital organs but is in one or two Lymph nodes. I have been told the MDT have met to discuss my case and will be contacting me to discuss...
Hi, can anyone help my dad as had a stent fitted, he was fine eating soft foods for a couple of weeks but now he is unable to eat only drink liquids. The problem is phlegm stuck by stent that just won’t come up he as always suffered with this since...
Hi all, Firstly, I've been reading a lot on this forum and I'm sorry that so many people are going through such hardship, much like myself. In Apr a routine OGD & biopsies found a small tumour as base of oesophagus. In June, I had a successful ESD...
Hi, my husband has just been told that he has oesophageal cancer after months of swallowing problems and heartburn. He has had an endoscopy and biopsy but the biopsy results aren’t conclusive as to which type of oesophageal cancer he has. We have only...
My 40 year old son has been told he has cancer of the oesophagus, he is due to start chemotherapy soon, would really appreciate any advice o the effects my son could go through, also any advice on his type of cancer, thank you so much x
Hi all my husband had his op 10 days ago when suddenly became very unwell. The doctors discovered he had a leak in the join between his bowl and stomach (or what was his stomach). Today we have been told they are trying to resolve this with endoscopic...
