Just wanted to highlight the struggles the hospitals are having at present in all departments regarding delays with appointments.. During a phone call with my husbands specialist nurse yesterday regarding an issue with his JEJ tube I asked why after...
Hi , I finished my post opp flot chemo 3mths ago but it’s left me with really bad pins and needles in my toes ( nerve damage ) has anyone else suffered this and has anyone found any thing that helps
HI Just wondering has anyone any advice on throwing up on a daily basis, maybe only once a day then phlem at night but its getting a bit worrying. my partner is 1 year post surgery, he could eat normal on minute then few hours later half a banana and...
Hi My dad has just finished his 4th (and final..for now) FLOT treatment. Over the last few weeks I've noticed that he's gone back to bad habits including smoking again, which has devastated me. He always was a smoker, not heavily, but still. He gave...
HI, just wondering if anyone else gets memory loss/poor concentration a lot? Its my partner has/had the cancer finished treatment and im finding this a bit frustratiing, I try not to but I find im repeating myself a million times and while in work having...
Hi All Just a update i have had my picc line inserted today better than I thought it was going to be . I sit normal after its done and i am home to get a very slight dull feeling in the chest on the same side as picc line First Chemo tomorrow I've said...
HI My partner just had a call to go to hosptal in 2 week for an OG and botox, does anyone know what an OG is? (he didnt ask) He has had the botox already, im wondering is it just another dilation although they did say he may have to stay in this time...
In December I started chemo-radiotherapy for squamous OC. I had already lost the ability to swallow and keep anything down the month previously. My oncologist said my swallow could come back after the first chemo.- it didn't. I am now 7 weeks post treatment...
Hi, I'm in the initial process and awaiting confirmation of the prognosis of OC. I don't understand why I don't seem to feel anything in terms of being upset or angry. Is this normal?
I am caring for an elderly relative who has terminal adenocarcinoma of oesophagus. Chemo and radiotherapy / operation were not an option as the cancer was too advanced, they could only put a stent in to keep the oesophagus open. They have lost 4 stone...
