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Hi,

It sounds like your husband has had all the tests necessary for his medical team to devise a plan of action. If there has been no spread, then this is likely to be chemo-surgery-chemo. Other treatments such as radiotherapy and immunotherapy are also available. Hopefully you will find out the treatment plan soon. Once you know, then it just becomes a matter of following the program. Whatever course of treatment he follows, it is going to be tough. On both of you. Keeping his strength up is vital to getting through it. Once you have a treatment plan then it will be easier for others on here to offer advice. 

Thank you I really appreciate the message 

I'll just really echo what Cool Blue has said above:

• Things will be lot clearer when you get the treatment plan.
• For now, it is very important for your husband to keep his strength up - so please encourage him to eat, and to try to limit the weight loss.

Whatever the treatment is, it will be tough to take. But the general approach is that treatment is only given to those who are considered fit enough to cope with it.

Keep going, be strong - and very best wishes to you both!

Sorry to hear this we have all been there ! Normally well in my case, once I started chemo after the second cycle I was able to eat and things got better after that !! 
my advice is stay positive, and take one day at a time !!

sending hugs xx

Thank you and bless you the hard part is his eating , he isn’t and I keep telling him he has to keep his strength up but he just says he can’t eat! I’ve bought protein powder to mix with foods etc this is where I am struggling as he just isn’t listening because he gets sick but I appreciate your reply thank you again and good luck to you 

Thank you ️ and that’s great you could eat I hope you are getting better it is a hard for all of you who are going through what you are , I am honoured to talk to some of the bravest people I just want my husband to try a bit harder but sometimes I feel like he has given up

My story is on my profile, I was diagnosed Oct 24 and surgery March 25! Before chemo I could eat about 3  spoonfuls before it would all come back I l lost around 4 stone, I was very lucky it hadn’t spread so I was able to have surgery.

i think once your husband gets a plan I hope he will start to feel more positive it’s so easy to feel down when eating becomes a problem and you don’t know what’s happening, hope things become clearer after the oncologist appointment next week x

It sounds like my husbands story what you have been through, how are you doing now?

Hi. If I can just piggyback on DDs post. I suggest you use next weeks meeting to help get your husbands nutrition solved as a priority. Patients are provided with other nutrition routes beside eating if they are struggling as many of us have done. These are fairly normal procedures at this stage. I hope everything goes well for you both.

I’m doing well thank you have six monthly CT scans and yearly endoscopy but all good at the moment ! It’s a difficult journey and not all outcomes are successful but just both of you take one day at a time and stay positive!