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Hello, My husband was diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer last may, he has had CAPOX treatment which has proven quite successful, however there were mets to lymph nodes and rib so is now on a course of another treatment for those. I am just wondering...
My husband started FLOT Tuesday had 3 days good until yesterday he had dry , scratchy throat. During the night he had his first throat spasm which panic him but I stayed calm and got warm water.During the night he was coughing and bringing green phlegm...
Hi guys, My dad was diagnosed in November as stage 3.He had the 4 rounds of FLOT and the surgery 1 month ago.He is doing well and seems to be managing to eat. He is aware i have been on here reading about everybody’s journey and has asked me to post on...
Hi just looking for some reassurance really My mum was diagnosed May ‘24. Finished the chemo and had her Ivor Lewis procedure end of November. Did not have the follow up chemo because she was deemed not well enough She was fine all last year, slow...
Hi all my mum finished her treatment for oesophageal cancer on 6th March 2026. She had 4 lots of chemo and radiotherapy for 5 days a week for 5 weeks and the tumour has thankfully gone. She is slowly returning to her old self however she is still having...
Hi, I have just received the diagnosis of Stage 4 Oesophageal Cancer, it's deemed incurable as I have lesions on my liver shown to be cancer. I feel so surreal, I don't feel ill at all - only have a slight issue swallowing when I initially start eating...
Has anyone suffered from breathlessness - not while exercising after radiotherapy? Heart and lungs checked ok.
I was in the second round of chemo when I started to feel really ill. I was admitted to hospital and they found out that I have an infection caused by the tumour making a hole in my oesophagus. The chemo hasn’t worked as well as expected so an operation...
All quite a shock as an endoscopy in January was thought to reveal inflammation which would settle in 3 to 4 weeks. However they took biopsies which sat on someone’s desk until 3 weeks ago even though it said urgent Carcinoma. Anyway, that’s history....
I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer back in February. At first the plan was chemo then the op but things went badly wrong when the tumour made a hole in my oesophagus which resulted in a very bad lung infection. After being so ill I was told that...
