Hello everyone. My husband (who is 69) was diagnosed with cancer of the gastro-oesophageal junction at the end of last year. We've been told it's curable and he's recently started his pre-op FLOT chemo. He was fine for a couple of days but then had quite a few problems - first constipation, then the opposite. With the benefit of a hindsight we were a bit slow in dealing with these symptoms, resulting in him spending 24 hours in hospital on a drip a few days ago and leaving with potassium tablets and a course of antibiotics. I feel that I let him down in not realising how unwell he was. His second chemo session was cancelled to allow him time to recover.
I have done a lot of research about the treatment and it sounds pretty daunting. He prefers the 'don't tell me until I need to know' approach, which is fine, his choice. From reading comments here I know he (we) have a long tough road ahead and am sure this forum will help.
