Hi, my father, 76 years old has had trouble swallowing for the last 8 weeks. He also has painful swallowing. He was offered a contrast X-ray and there they discovered a narrowing of the oesophagus, 4-5 cm long and uneven in its borders. As I understand...
Hubby had his operation 4 weeks ago now, had a few problems ended back in hospital 3 days after discharge for another week. He's having a few good days but is it normal to still get pains in his stomach, he didn't have any morphine for the last 2 days...
Can't have chemo cos of CKD.So hard to cope on a day to day situation. Emotions are worse in the mornings. Specialist nurse for support
Hi,anyone got any meal ideas we are really struggling?
Hi All dad started third cycle of chemotherapy last week. He has a tracheostomy. He’s coughed up small blood clots a couple of times since started chemotherapy- not from lungs as it’s not come via his tracheostomy tube. waiting on scan results and...
Hi All ..I’ve just one question to ask ..I’ve been reading some posts and some have been told they’re cancer free straight after their treatment pathway ends ..At the end of treatment appointment my husband’s oncologist told him although he was now classed...
hi all im almost 6 weeks since operation completed , im trying to get an idea what shape I should be in for the next 4 flot keep beating my self up not in good enough condition . I go for walks then have to have a nap or just tired and end up sitting...
[Cross-posting to the Head and neck cancer forum] Hello all, In June 2022 I was diagnosed with upper oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the post-cricoid region, with bilateral lung secondaries (T3 N1/N2 M1). So far, I’ve had two cycles of chemo...
Hi everyone My husband is 4 weeks post oesophagectomy and is losing a lot of weight (1.5 stone in the first 3 weeks) mainly due to feeling nauseous most of the time. He’s sleeping pretty well at night (7.5 hours in a block) and a 2 hour nap in the day...
we afraid to say he had all 4 lots of chemo all the mri xrays tests and just before op due doctor ask about a dark match on bowel never had problems and then op went down but stopped as this mass was huge and from bios not good big C spread either from...
