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Hi, My Chemotherapy is due to start this Tuesday, so only Monday at work, having EOX. Had a stent fitted which has making eating easier and to have biopsy taken to test for Her 2 and PDL 1. Only had a local anesthetic, while in recovery the Doctor came...
Hi everyone My husband has just completed the last bout of his second FLOT sandwich treatment following successful surgery to remove the oesphagus. He has handled the FLOT treatment really well but is now becoming extremely frustrated with the retainment...
Hello Please excuse the long winded post....I am male, 52 and I was diagnosed with OC last Febuary (22), underwent the usual procedures to ascertain if i would be suitable for chemo and surgery ect....I was stage 3 so was suitable. All procedures went...
Hi all im 11 weeks post of and would like to hear if anybody as pain in their abdomen after eating ? I can swallow and taste quite normal but some foods cause really bad pains like contractions practically straight away. my specialist thinks it could...
Hi all, Just joined group. Just had FLOT 2 cycle yesterday. Got an infection on Sunday, but because I noticed my temp rise straight away, rang hospital who saw me straight away and gave me antibiotics based on the blood tests they did. By Tuesday blood...
Well hubby's had his 4th flot today, he's still getting the weird tingling and bad reaction to the cold. But he's OK. Lots of appointments happening next week. Monday pre cardiology Tuesday respiratory results for his ct scan ( emphysema) Thursday ct...
My son has started trying more foods, after being on just a soft diet, and has no problem swallowing, but even after eating a small amount , slowly , he starts retching, and doesn't bring back any food but a type of muscus, colourless, phlegm. Is this...
Hi all, desperately seeking advise if anyone else was not offered post op chemo after the Ivor Lewis operation. (My Pre op chemo was stopped after 3rd session as scan showed the tumour and cells were not affected by the treatment) Or decided not to...
We’ve just had a phone call from the specialist nurse to tell us they’ve seen a mass in the glutes just behind the pelvis on the CT scan my OH had on Sunday after 4 rounds of FLOT. They think now it was on the first scan but wasn’t noticed!? They want...
