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Is there a standard procedure for this Cancer? My Husband was diagnosed in January 2022, he has had Chemo, Radiotherapy, is not going through Immunotherapy, he is on a feeding tube until Tuesday next week, when he is going to have a stent fitted. This...
Hi there I am 4 years post op and I get botox put into my sphincter. Does anyone get this done in their stomach via an endoscopy? I was just wondering is anyone out there gets this done or whether there is a long-term solution out there. Rf2k...
Hi all, my dad had a reaction after his chemo and was in hospital for a few days. He is now home but can’t keep anything down, even the anti sickness medication so they are going to put a syringe driver in him for 48 hours to see if it helps him eat...
I want to thank everyone who posts on this forum, it has been very helpful to me while my husband was unwell. Since my last posts in Sept when he had developed a cough, I am very sorry to say that he died on 1 October in hospital. He went into A & E...
My husband is bringing up a lot of mucus…. Does anyone else have that with oesophageal cancer. Evelyn
Hi everyone. I completed 4 rounds ofFLOT chemo chemo 5 weeks ago. Saw surgeon today & signed consent form for surgery. Both my oncologist and surgeon think that surgery is the best way forward. I pointed out thatsome people have scar tissue build up afterwards...
I am posting this to give anyone who has had a complication post-Oesophagectomy (or their family) some hope. My dad (61 at the time) was diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer in December 2021. He had 8 rounds of chemotherapy before an Oesphagectomy in May...
Hi My partner is 46 he had chemo then an esophagectomy and another 8 rounds of chemo, last one on 01.09.22, he is waiting on a follow up appointment but in the meantime he is sick everytime he eats, vomiting and regurgitating badly. He has a lot of...
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