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Afternoon, My dad was diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer (T4N2M1) in March and we were told it was incurable, inoperable and chemo was palliative. He is on an 8 cycle chemo every 3 weeks and is almost halfway through this batch with a CT scan...
Well I had the feeding tube fitted three weeks ago and it stopped working, no idea why but it did. Spent nearly an hour with tubes and solutions, waited an hour for a nurse to arrive and do the same as us to tell us sorry it's hospital and a change of...
I'm Ian, 47 and yesterday had a endoscopy following problems swallowing and food getting stuck, and pain under my left ribs. After raising with a GP, saw a consultant a week later, and 2 weeks after that had the endoscopy. To my horror the consultant...
Hello My mother is 7 weeks post her esophagectomy surgery. She is sleeping sitting up as even turning on her side slightly immediately causes bad reflux. Because of this she is having a lot of pain in her coccyx bone. She has a special cushion she uses...
11 months post esophagectomy and feeling good. Eating is a different thing for me now. I have a cough when eating especially when foods are dry. Small bites and water while swallowing seems to help. I do not really like eating in public due to the cough...
Hi My dad has terminal esophagus cancer and is now a palliative care patient, doing ok, considering. A week or so ago, his left foot became swollen and only when laying down his legs hurt real bad from just above the ankles to just below the knees,...
Hi , My husband is about to start the treatment journey of chemotherapy and radiation , he is type 2 diabetic which due to the cancer seems to be higher than normal . Does anyone know if James will be an inpatient or receive treatment at home , plus...
Hi first time on here, I had my Ivor Lewis operation on the 1st October 24, have finding it hard and slow recovery, have started to get lower abdominal cramps does anyone else suffer with this and also acid reflux at night, have changed few foods and...
Hello everyone, I just was looking for anyones experience after cancer treatment. My mom has finished her chemo around 4 weeks ago now. She was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer 6cm in the upper part of oesophagus and it only spread to 2 nearby nodes....
Hi my partner is on immune therapy hes had some side effects it messed with his thyroid also every so often hua liver levels rise which delay his treatment anybody else found this we wait a week amd then all is well amd he resumes treatment
