Afternoon, My dad was diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer (T4N2M1) in March and we were told it was incurable, inoperable and chemo was palliative. He is on an 8 cycle chemo every 3 weeks and is almost halfway through this batch with a CT scan...
I'm Ian, 47 and yesterday had a endoscopy following problems swallowing and food getting stuck, and pain under my left ribs. After raising with a GP, saw a consultant a week later, and 2 weeks after that had the endoscopy. To my horror the consultant...
Hi first time on here, I had my Ivor Lewis operation on the 1st October 24, have finding it hard and slow recovery, have started to get lower abdominal cramps does anyone else suffer with this and also acid reflux at night, have changed few foods and...
Hello everyone, I just was looking for anyones experience after cancer treatment. My mom has finished her chemo around 4 weeks ago now. She was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer 6cm in the upper part of oesophagus and it only spread to 2 nearby nodes....
Hi all my husband was diagnosed with a UT1b n1 adenocarcinoma and has just finished four rounds of FLOT. He coped well with the chemo apart from now he has neuropathy and his skin on his hands has gone black and is peeling. We have just learnt following...
Hi , This is my first time on this site my husband has been diagnosed with T3 cancer squamous cell cancer , he also type two diabetes which from what the surgeon says can make things difficult . James was seen in 2025 with symptoms but wasn’t called...
Hi Has anyone had the above ( HBOT). Ive read it can help with chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Hi everyone What a week this has been… Last Tuesday I went for an Endoscopy, following on from a 2WW referral my GP had requested the previous week. Straight after the procedure the Endoscopist informed myself and my partner that he had found a tumour...
Having been told that I have this cancer rocked our world a bit as it was not expected, but as so many people have since said it's treatable that may or may not be the case as I've also been told by the surgeon that it is a stage 4 cancer and is likely...
My partner, Stuart, has an nj tube and a tracheostomy. Both as a result of cancer. The first from an oesophagectomy in November 24 and hasn’t been able to swallow safely since. The latter from a reoccurrence of the cancer causing vocal cord palsy. I fully...
