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Hi all, My dad is 6 weeks post surgery and was fitted with a jej tube when he had his operation. We saw the dietician a couple of weeks after his surgery and she said dad could drop to 5 nights of overnight feeds. Dad isn't keen on having the feed so...
I've no Idea what to expect from the NHS these days. It's been three months since my cancer diagnosis (which was given to me in less than a minute by the consultant who did the endoscopy who told me they found a tumor, it was probably cancerous and said...
Hi my dad had a stent fitted around six weeks ago and just had a scan they said it fallen into hi stomach. He was eating soft food after he had it done but the last couple weeks can really only get liquids down has any one else had this problem. They...
My husband has recently come home from hospital after a diagnosis of oesophageal cancer and a T3. The hospital team were unable to fit a stent as it wouldn't hold and so he is unable to eat anything but soft foods. At the moment he's not eating anything...
Hi, I have incurable oesophageal cance. I have just had my 4th chemo infusion and 3rd round CT to see if it's working. Our concern that it's not working is that my swallowing is getting so bad I can hardly swallow anything, or keep anything down. The...
Hiya, just wondering what people’s experiences have been with regards to timings and follow up.. Been on a journey of waiting for appointments after diagnosis of OC back in March.. took some time but finally got a plan for chemo and completed the...
Hello. I am 64 and was diagnosed with terminal oesophageal and lung cancer in May with a prognosis of six months. No treatment is suitable, not even a stent due to the size and position of the tumour. I am now finding my liquid diet hard to swallow/keep...
After the first three cycles the side effects got worse each time but after about a week each time I started to feel better. However this has not happened after the 4th round. Now 12 days on & still feeling exhausted & with a very uncomfortable stomach...
I have my endoscopy on 31 August following a fast track referral by my GP. I've had 2 of them in the past, one 4 years ago and another about 8/9 years ago, as I've had a variety of gastrointestinal issues. I didn't have sedation on either occasion, just...
Hello all don't know what to say diagnosed a few days ago, sitting hear in a daze not knowing what to put down I am waiting on appointments to come through pet scan and other things.don't know what tomorrow holds, the worst thing is my brother past with...
