Hi there, has anybody suffered with excessive phlegm/foam I currently am experiencing a lot of it and it is effecting my eating and drinking currently on Buscopan and steroids to ease it but these do not seem to be having any effect looking for other...
GP has spent 7months taking blood and fecal tests for lower abdominal pain suspected for a food allergy. 3months ago I mentioned I felt a mass in my sternum. A month ago I had problems swallowing and developed a cough. After a complaint about the...
I had Oseophagus cancer in 2018, between 2019/2021 I had about 14 dilations of the oseophagus which all narrowed. 2021 I had a stent put in which narrowed at both ends. In 2022 I had a jej feeding tube put in, this has caused me a few problems. I use...
Hi All, I was wondering what sorts of adjustments need to be made post surgery - I'm thinking specifically about beds. I'm assuming that you can't lie flat and need to sleep at an angle. Are there other such lifestyle adjustments that have to be made...
Hi i was diagnosed with throat cancer this August and was about to start chemotherapy so I could have major surgery early next year to rebuild my throat. My cancer was Ill defined and aggressive so I was keen to get on. It was in my gullet and nowhere...
So a few days before our daughter’s wedding I started to feel unwell again and the persistent cough came back. I was taken into hospital and another stent was fitted. The staff at the hospital were beyond amazing-determined to get me to the wedding! I...
Hi All, I was wondering how others have prepared for their treatment. The surgeon has suggested to just eat 3 healthy balanced meals a day plus work up to an hour a day of exercise. I was wondering what others experience is? One of the issues that led...
Hi I haven't posted before so here goes. October last year my husband was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer. No symptoms just a routine check. Since then had flot for 8 weeks. The operation in may this year. Good news is he is cancer free. So no need for...
Hi all, I posted on this forum in November 2020 after we found my dads (53 at the time) oesophageal cancer had grown around his pulmonary artery and he was given 1 year to live. After chemo radiation they managed to shrink the cancer so that it was...
My husband has oesophageal cancer. He had an op in 2020 but at the end of 2021 it returned. Sadly I don't think he has a long while left but he has been doing very well, even managing to do lots of work to the outside of the house! However about 4-5 weeks...
