Hi just looking for some reassurance really My mum was diagnosed May ‘24. Finished the chemo and had her Ivor Lewis procedure end of November. Did not have the follow up chemo because she was deemed not well enough She was fine all last year, slow...
Hi all my mum finished her treatment for oesophageal cancer on 6th March 2026. She had 4 lots of chemo and radiotherapy for 5 days a week for 5 weeks and the tumour has thankfully gone. She is slowly returning to her old self however she is still having...
Has anyone suffered from breathlessness - not while exercising after radiotherapy? Heart and lungs checked ok.
I was in the second round of chemo when I started to feel really ill. I was admitted to hospital and they found out that I have an infection caused by the tumour making a hole in my oesophagus. The chemo hasn’t worked as well as expected so an operation...
I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer back in February. At first the plan was chemo then the op but things went badly wrong when the tumour made a hole in my oesophagus which resulted in a very bad lung infection. After being so ill I was told that...
Well I had the feeding tube fitted three weeks ago and it stopped working, no idea why but it did. Spent nearly an hour with tubes and solutions, waited an hour for a nurse to arrive and do the same as us to tell us sorry it's hospital and a change of...
Hi My dad has terminal esophagus cancer and is now a palliative care patient, doing ok, considering. A week or so ago, his left foot became swollen and only when laying down his legs hurt real bad from just above the ankles to just below the knees,...
Hi my partner is on immune therapy hes had some side effects it messed with his thyroid also every so often hua liver levels rise which delay his treatment anybody else found this we wait a week amd then all is well amd he resumes treatment
hi all, just an update, after pet scan showed one lymph node showing its back, am now back on another journey, with surgery scheduled for this thursday. had my pre op assessment today, soon as i walked in there, just started crying, its trigering everything...
My husband has been taking Amitryptolin for nerve pain in his back caused by the op. It has improved things over the last months but not totally resolved it. GP decided to add Gabapentin to the prescription to try and help. Chris took it for just two...
