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Hi I have been diagnosed with Oseophagus cancer, after my ct scan and meeting with the specialist, they said the ct scan didn't show up any abnormalities any where else he explained that after chemotherapy to reduce the cancer he would be prepared to...
Hi my husband (42) was diagnosed in December. After what seems like a life time ago, he finally starts his chemo on Monday. The last few months have been so awful and I hate myself for feeling the way I do, but it’s so hard. My husband has changed beyond...
I am sorry to ask such a personal question about anything anyone is going through, but this has completely caught us unaware. Mum has had 2 quite serious bouts of it in 3 days. Is this something others have experienced? Just hoping for some sort of...
I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on the 5th February 2021 after undergoing an endoscopy. I received chemo prior to my surgery for the removal of a 5cm tumour, indeed I had my whole oesophagus surgically removed. I am still recovering from all of...
Hi,new to the group.Looking for any ideas on how to support my husband deal with night sweats.
Hello..my husband has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer with metastasis to lymph nodes. Palliative tx only giving him 15 months..9 months to live without tx. He is starting tx on Tuesday 10 January ..Oxaliplatin and Pembrolizumab infusions, then...
Hi everyone, so glad I found this forum. I have been reading lots of the threads and it’s helping me a lot. My dad has just been told he has malignant tumour and has had ct scan with the dye, awaiting those results to see where we go from there. not...
Hi I am in my second round of chemo and for some reason it seems to have made the acid reflux at night a lot worse. I am sleeping almost upright and taking Omeprazole twice a day and Gaviscon when going to bed. Does anyone have any suggestions on...
I’d been waiting for over a month for biopsy results . Sadly it seems I got lost in the system After being told by each department, that another one had the results etc . I finally contacted my GP surgery . Received a text an hour later with a telephone...
