My mums journey started in July with a chest infection which led to enlarge lymph nodes, to endoscopy to oesophageal cancer. Unfortunately Dr's say they can't cure cancer but just treat . My mum has had 6 cycles of chemo However, this whole time has...
sorry to be posting this, and thank god i had some advice from you lovelies that have been thorugh the op, so i had an idea what to expect after the procedure. now i am just sitting here trying to wade through leaflets, food choices. i feel i have gone...
Hi everyone i hope you don’t mind me messaging but I am so lonely and my partner best friend has deteriorated rapidly over the last week. We are now approaching the final stage and I’m heartbroken. I’m sorry to message you all but you have all been...
Hi My husband is almost two years post curative intent treatment /surgery for stage 2 OC .He isn’t on a trial and was told monitoring scans would only be offered if new symptoms occurred . However he’s had two CT scans since his treatment ended due...
So little update on my husband ... well quite a long one actually He started chemo on the 30th December- improvement almost instantly. He began eating very small amounts of food and drinking his shakes . Mental health improved greatly . 4th December...
Hi everyone, I hope you are all ok. I want to thank you all for all the support and guidance you have given me on this horrible journey. We now have palliative care and hospice support. He is trying to keep the pain under control and getting nutrients...
My mom was diagnosed with early stages on OC last January, totally out of the blue. She also had a small cancer in her lungs and they wasn’t sure if it’s a separate cancer or one of them being secondary. No other scans offered and no treatment due to...
I think I'm like a few of us on the forum, waiting for news from Jules. Sending her love and hoping the post-op recovery goes well xxx
Hi all, hope everyone is doing as well as can be. I’m currently 3 weeks after my post op Chemo and I find myself more often than not regurgitating clear stringy like phlegm this seems to come and go in spouts and majority of the time it’s after food...
Is anyone else on a feeding tube and how are you managing?
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