My dad has poorly differentiated grade 3 adenocarcinoma. He was offered chemo radiation followed by surgery. The success rate seems awful. He doesn’t want any treatment and wants to manage the best he can. Unfortunately he is having more and more difficulty...
Does anyone else have problems with the Hickman line I have two fitted now both have fell out the first one nearly a week after first session of chemo I got an infection in and when in hospital it fell out The second one I was on my back to the hospital...
Hi everyone I'm 37 and was diagnosed with stage 4 oesophageal cancer which had spread to bones in October and was classed as paliative as i couldnt have an operation. I've had 8 rounds of flot and was eating again fine, ct and pet scan 6 weeks ago shown...
Hi all, my husband was diagnosed last year with stage 4 oc. He's in his mid 30s so they've thrown everything at him,he had FLOT and then keyhole robotic surgery to remove his oesophagus 2 months ago. He's been left with an awful dry cough that's really...
Some of you in here know my story I was diagnosed with stage 4 osophagus cancer last September with the cancer also spreading to my lymthnodes. I wasn't given a very good prognosis and was pretty much told months to live. My reaction to chemo/herceptin...
Hello all, My Dad just got the camera down his throat today and they found Cancer. He’s been sick for the past 3 months but doctors passed it off as other things for 2 months before they took him seriously. He can’t hold down food, belching, feeling...
Hi ,I’m having a bronchoscopy I’m so scared.Has anyone been through this ? Would like any advice pleas
Has anyone any advice as to how difficult it is to arrange feed supplies and paperwork needed to holiday abroad.
My love has liver and lung mets in addition to primary adenocarcinoma. One doctor told us no liver biopsy is necessary, while another suggested we do a liver biopsy with the possibility of identifying different genes that could respond to immunotherapy...
I have the feeding tube at night Does any body suffer with Dirahh in the murnin with the feed
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