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I would love to know how folk are,post surgery. How is your eating,weight,energy etc I have nothing to compare with.
DH diagnosed with eschopiagial cancer just before Christmas 2025. We were initially told it was operable but concern has been raised that it is too big (9cm) and too close to his windpipe to make that an option. He lost loads of weight being unable to...
My Mum received her mid Capox scan results yesterday and the oncologist was very pleased, she said they don’t always see results like it (I presume she meant on capox only). She said the scan report shows ‘partial response’ which she said means reduction...
An update on husband , he was diagonised with T3 N0 MO 6 weeks ago, he had a fitness test last week and 1st oncology appointment. We were told the plan is Flot chemo starting 31st 4 rounds then surgery and another 4 rounds. It seems its been along time...
Hi all, I’m looking for a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. My husband who is only 45 has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer earlier on this week. Today we saw a consultant who highlighted a couple of marks on his liver, the biggest one being...
Hi All I have been absent quite a bit over the past few months and do not feel that I am delivering in the role of community champion, for this reason I have decided to step down. Losing Dal has been, and continues to be extremely tough! I wish you...
Hello all my friend had the oesophagus surgery to remove the cancer and at the same time 40 lymph nodes were taken for analysis. Today he went back to see the consultant who confirmed they had removed all of the cancer and the surgery was successful...
Hi Has anyone had the above ( HBOT). Ive read it can help with chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Hi everyone What a week this has been… Last Tuesday I went for an Endoscopy, following on from a 2WW referral my GP had requested the previous week. Straight after the procedure the Endoscopist informed myself and my partner that he had found a tumour...
Having been told that I have this cancer rocked our world a bit as it was not expected, but as so many people have since said it's treatable that may or may not be the case as I've also been told by the surgeon that it is a stage 4 cancer and is likely...
