We're now nearly three years on after an 8 hour operation and my husband is doing well, eating nearly normally and feeling good. After the feeding tube was removed we weaned him on smooth yogurts and warm Greggs sausage rolls! (his choice) Full fat milk...
My problem at the moment I'm five weeks into my remission but I have a really bad bouts of coughing producing a white mucus. This seems to be increasing in intensity.Has anyone else found a way of relieving the cough to a manageable level without having...
I had my operation on 13th December 21. It took over 9 hours due to problems with the heart. A cardiac specialist was bought in to assist. Later I was transferred to ICU and kept asleep for nearly two days to aid recovery. I was in a twilight world for...
Hello all. You all seem like a lovely bunch so wanted to share my story so far. My mum was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer before Christmas. After scans and laparoscopy we were told it’s inoperable and it’s spread/attached to her liver. She’s been...
Hello to you all, My Mum is 10 months in recovering from Radial Chemoradiotherapy for a 6cm SCC Tumour in her low oesophagus. Although things are going well with stable response for over 9 months she still has terrible trouble with swallowing and...
So been for pre-surgery assessment today, surgery Monday. Seems real now. Don’t want to think or dwell to much on it, especially after they told me what the surgery entails. So good luck to everyone on this site, and good luck on your journey. Hopefully...
Hi. I am around 10 weeks out for the surgery and am currently having 25 sessions of radiotherapy. I’m up to 10 treatments now and am starting to feel it, difficulty and pain in swallowing and the sick feeling is quite bad. I’m dreading the next few weeks...
Hi again all, Does anybody else get a nauseous feeling in their chest now again with this type of cancer? I’m newly diagnosed and haven’t had any treatment as of yet but I sometimes feel a bit sick in my chest. It thankfully doesn’t last very long....
Hi, my husband starts chemo tomorrow, we’ve been on a real rollercoaster for just over a month with different appointments in 4 different hospitals. I’ve been worried wondering how I’ll cope, but tonight I’m really terrified wondering how he’s going to...
Hello everybody, I had a full Gastrectomy just 3 1/2 weeks ago, back home now but disappointed that I still have to have a NG feeding tube even now I can take in soft solid food by mouth. I do understand why but I feel it is not working as it should...
