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I have had a feeding tube put up my nose I’m going through palliative cancer treatment and can’t swallow,I’ve asked them to change it to a tube I’m my stomach but there refusing ,as I only have a few months to live its totally destroying my quality of...
Hi folks , I’m male 52 yrs old with a beautiful family , my wife and two kids 19 & 16 ( m&f ) it’s all happened so quick , I have a large tumour in my mid oesophageal tract (6 cms long) and the PET scan revealed that it has metastasised to lymph modes...
Today we learnt the extent of my husbands gullet cancer and devastating news for our whole family. The tumour in his throat has almost closed the gullet and has to have a stent fitted tomorrow. We have been given approximately a year with chemo to extend...
My Mother has been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus it is 1/3rd closed . She is to old for surgery and can't have treatment so we have to provide palliative care . She will be having a stent fitted in January and we now have to explore the minefield...
Hello. I’m new here. My grandpa has just been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. He currently can’t eat any solid food. He is in a full liquid diet. We’ve been told it has been growing for a while due to the size. He had a CT scan yesterday to see if...
I'm finding everyone's information very helpful after my husband was diagnosed with this devastating condition. It's been a long journey to get to where we are now but at last the treatment plan is in place and will hopefully start soon , husband next...
Hi all, as you see I regularly answer posts etc, I felt today I should give everyone starting or being diagnosed some encouragement that the treatment can work, today my Facebook page has reminded me that 12 months ago I started my OS treatment path with...
Hi all My dad made the decision a few weeks ago not to continue with his post op FLOT treatment. He'd got to the 'I've just had enough' stage. He's struggled with nerve damage to his feet and toes and fingers and changes to his taste. He did want to...
I’ve been advised to inform my car insurance company that I am undergoing chemotherapy. Is this normal procedure? I don’t like the idea of them using it as an excuse to increase my premiums - especially as my wife will be driving me back and forth to...
New to this forum, so hello. Just want to vent/rant! Had my Oesophagectomy resection booked in for tomorrow 20th Dec for the last 6 weeks, only to have received a call from the hospital to say that it’s been postponed because of the junior Drs strike...
