I have recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer I am very undecided about which treatment to have I would like to hear from anybody that has had the treatment under and aesthetic and had the food tube removed and resectioned from the stomach to the throat what I want to know is what is recovery state like does it take a long time are you kept in hospital along time do you have any help when you go home to recover I am a 77 year old lady live on my own.
Can anyone who has been through this helped me out as I think I am going to refuse this operation and have the camera in the throat operation to remove any cancer cells I don't even know what stage my cancer is at I keep asking and they tell me that they can't stage it because there's not enough cancer cells so I assume that it's not too bad as yet please somebody can you give me some advice .
this is the third time in three years I have been diagnosed with cancer I have had non Hodgkins lymphoma and also I have a tumor which I have had radiotherapy for in my lung and it's been reduced in size
Hello Momaria,
Thank you for finding the courage to post here and reach out, you are very welcome and I hope that you will find some support throughout this website.
I imagine, that with your previous cancer battles you are already experienced in the goings on behind the scenes, I hope that knowledge is in some way helping you at the difficult time.
With regards to information on the surgery, this is not an area that I can help with, but there are many here who are able to share their experience with you, so I am sure you will have more answers to follow.
Alongside this forum, you can visit HERE, This forum is specifically for surgical advise and discussion, so you may find others who will be able to give you some pointers.
Whatever you decide to do, I wish you ongoing success at beating this blasted disease.
Lowe'
