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My husband has been diagnosed with inoperable gastrooesophageal junction cancer. Not on major organs but in the outer intestinal lining and lymph nodes. He is unable to tolerate anything orally and has had an NJ tube inserted 6 weeks and has osmalite...
I have a friend diagnosed with oesopkageal cancer and stomach cancer. She has a stent fitted, however can still only take in liquids. The dietician reccommended nutrition such as ensure, however they don't stay down very well. I am putting together a...
For some reason I am unable to copy and paste text. Please see screenshot of a message I posted to a FB support group. I am just wondering if anybody here has had a similar experience. Thank you x
Hello, it's been 15 months since I first went to my GP with swallowing and reflux problems. Initial diagnosis was Barretts with Low Grade Displasia. Subsequent follow ups raised this to High Grade Displasia followed by 2 EMR prodedures and now at the...
Hi all, I am new to the forum and have so much info running through my head I can't think straight. Recently diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer which they seem to have caught early and it hasn't spread. The Oncologist told me that it's a very big/life...
Hi all, just starting my own journey and no doubt will post more as I progress through the labrynth and reach various crossroads. Enough to say at the mo that an edoscopy diagnosed a Squamous Cell Carcinoma and I'm now proceeding through all the usual...
Hi my name is Simon i have just recently joined the group hope to gain some ideas and info on how to cope/deal with my Cancer diagnosis..
Hi all, my husband has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on the 10th of April. we went to A&E on the 5th of February as he was very weak blood test showed that he was anaemic and losing blood internally. They sent him home without doing any tests...
Hi everyone, I’m new here! I posted this in a few places as I'm not sure how this all quite works yet! My wonderful dad (61) was diagnosed with stage 3 squamous cell esophageal cancer in November, with a staging of T3N1M0, well-differentiated . His...
My partner, Stuart, had an oesophagectomy November 2024. Pathology results indicated that there were cancer cells present however they were graded as low risk and unlikely to come back. However, in October 25 he developed strider which paralysed his one...
