My husband is 36 and being diagnosed with stage 4. They can no longer operate due to distant lymph nodes affected. One tumor near a valve at the heart and one is behind the esophagus . There a few more but didnt tell us exactly how many affected He...
Has anyone found it taking longer to get over FLOT as time goes on? My husband had his fourth and last pre-op treatment last week. The first one was pretty tough. The dose was reduced to 80% after that and the second one was not so bad although abdominal...
Hi, well, just out from a two week stretch in hospital because I couldnt eat or drink. Three attempts at getting an nj tube in and building feed up, and now being able to take meds. Oh this is scary! I thank God for my hubbie! Meeting at Gloucester hospital...
Hi, went to meet a consultant yesterday, started off with this is curative to I'm really worried about you, let's fit a stent, which, I've been tod closes the door to all other possible treatments, including chemo. Told to build up with feeds and exercise...
I would love to know how folk are,post surgery. How is your eating,weight,energy etc I have nothing to compare with.
DH diagnosed with eschopiagial cancer just before Christmas 2025. We were initially told it was operable but concern has been raised that it is too big (9cm) and too close to his windpipe to make that an option. He lost loads of weight being unable to...
Hi all, I’m looking for a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. My husband who is only 45 has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer earlier on this week. Today we saw a consultant who highlighted a couple of marks on his liver, the biggest one being...
Hello all my friend had the oesophagus surgery to remove the cancer and at the same time 40 lymph nodes were taken for analysis. Today he went back to see the consultant who confirmed they had removed all of the cancer and the surgery was successful...
Well, what a nightmare. All tests supposedly done. Not eaten or drank for a few days, now 1 week into hospital, 2 failed and three stalled feeding tubes, lung infection, water infection and now bugs in bowels so isolating, although grateful for quiet...
Hi I'm new here, my Dad has just been told he has cancer which is a 5cm tumor at the GOJ joint following an endoscopy and biopsys. This has obviously come as a great shock to us and we are still processing this. We are currently waiting on news from...
