Good morning all, my partner 48 has just been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, we are not certain on his staging as yet as he needs to have a PET scan to see if it's gone into any more of his lymph nodes, currently in one that is near his tumor. Obviously...
My father is 80, he has just finished 10 days of radiotherapy for squamous cell oesophageal cancer. He has lost so much weight and hardly eats or drinks anything due to the pain in his chest, throat He has energy drinks from the hospital to make up...
Hello everyone … So 7 years ago my step dad was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer at the age of 76. Despite his age he ended up having chemotherapy which made him so poorly and ended up having the operation to remove the stage 4 Cancer it was all hard...
I’m new to this group and just wanted to say hi. I was diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer In mid-Jan and I start my first round of FLOT tomorrow. I’m feeling very nervous about it as the list of possible side effects is a tough read but trying to stay...
Hi I'm new to this community but not to cancer as I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer a few years ago. The waiting I agree was so difficult for myself and my family. Today I was informed I have tiny nodules on both lungs and was suddenly filled with...
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I am sure everyone here has felt the same. Following a gastroscopy last week I have been told I have cancer at juncture of oesophagus and stomach. I had no idea that the symptoms I have of feeling full and lots of wind were indicators. Now waiting for...
Hello, I am reaching out following my world being turned upside down, my husband had been feeling sick for about four weeks, with no help from the dr we went to a&e and discovered he has a 9cm tumour on his liver, he then had an endoscopy that showed...
Hi all was diagnosed with this horrible cancer on the 10th Jan 24 so had a pet ct scan and been seen by various doctors and surgeons To complicate matters they also found i have Lung cancer as well, and just to add to the complication i have a Aortic...
Hi everyone - I've been lurking on here reading allof your experiences and already it's been an incredible resource of support. A family member has been diagnosed with this disease and further tests are needed to confirm where it's spread. This is...
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