Hi all I recently made a post about a 2cm tumour in my oesophagus ,today I found out it has now spread to my liver stage 4 , the doctor has told me that I will start cheamo after a meeting on Tuesday , but no radiation or immunotherapy, is any one else...
Hi I haven't posted on here for a while. My dad finished his post op chemo in Oct and had his operation in July last year. He had a jej tube put in during his surgery and that remained in place until Dec. He actually put some weight on over time with...
Dear All My father was diagnosed with a GoJ adenocarcinoma back in September. Disease was local with some nodes and he proceeded with 4 cycles of FLOT and had extended gastrectomy in mid Jan. thankfully, he had had a complete pathological response to...
1st four FLOT completed, I had my CT scan on the 1st Feb and met with the surgeon on the 9th. I am trying to stay positive but I am a nightmare with my thoughts. My tumour has shrunk considerably (which I sort of knew as I can eat anything and have...
Dads due in next week and just want to hear how others felt when waking up and how long did you stay in hospital for and how is everything now?
Hi my husband had an Ivor Lewis procedure 6 1/2 months ago, he also had a tumour removed from his bowel and a resection with no stoma, so basically two major operations in one. Recovery has been very slow as he was not able to have a feeding tube and...
I had my head around it all on my first diagnosis, but when I was told I responded well. I thought shit yeah. Not my time yet . Then the lung , day of feeling sorry for myself. But Yeah can do this. But new tumour aswell. .. well I'm sorry for my language...
Just realised that it’s 3 months today since I received my OC diagnosis. Since then, I’ve had endoscopy, CT scan, PET scan, laparoscopy, 3 cycles of FLOT with all the attendant side effects and more blood tests and hospital appointments than I’ve had...
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Good day and very best wishes to all in the group.; I'm seeking advice based on anyone's comparable experience of dealing with the Department of Work and Pensions, and success in gaining P.I.P. payments. I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2011...
