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My husband had a gastroscopy and biopsies on December 1st because a PET scan he had in October in connection with another condition indicated something unusual in his oesophagus. This was followed by a CT scan and an appointment with the Upper GI department...
Hi everyone, My husband has just been diagnosed with Squamous cell cancer T4 N0 M0.and are awaiting oncology to arrange meeting to discuss treatment plan. My husband age 66 fit, no underlying health conditions, non smoker all his life and just an occasional...
Hi everyone, my father has been diagnosed with oesphagal cancer and is having immunotherapy and chemo tablets. He has vomiting and diarrhoea everyday, so is wary about what to eat. Certain foods get stuck so he isn't sure what to eat. Any suggestions...
Hi all, My nan has been diagnosed with osephegus cancer.. we are still waiting for the results of the biopsy to know what stage she is at. We have no private healthcare and I wondered if anyone on here has gone private (self-funded) for cancer treatment...
Hi all I recently made a post about a 2cm tumour in my oesophagus ,today I found out it has now spread to my liver stage 4 , the doctor has told me that I will start cheamo after a meeting on Tuesday , but no radiation or immunotherapy, is any one else...
Hi I haven't posted on here for a while. My dad finished his post op chemo in Oct and had his operation in July last year. He had a jej tube put in during his surgery and that remained in place until Dec. He actually put some weight on over time with...
How’s have those who have returned back to work found the whole process , I know ever one is different with the side effects of the operation and chemo but how have you coped and how long after treatment did you return. my job as an air conditioning engineer...
Hello. It is not I who has cancer but my husband. He was diagnosed with incidental early stage oesophageal cancer at the beginning of the year. He had and has none of the symptoms associated with OC. It was discovered by chance and is a complete shock...
Hi everyone, My mum (56) was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma oesophageal cancer 4 months ago and we got the news this week that there's sadly no curative treatment for her. I'm absolutely devastated. She had 4 rounds of chemo (FOLFOX) that...
HI, Having waited 5 months from diagnosis to the start of treatment, my husband is now towards the end of his second round of chemo (Cisplatin + Capacitabine). The radiotherapy due to start in a week has been postponed until some lung nodule is investigated...
