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Hi Everyone my husband will be starting chemo soon. is there a chemo symptom diary available, the doctor said it would be helpful to record side effects how often and duration of. many thanks junie
My husband has Oesophageal cancer, diagnosed in April, started his chemotherapy end of June. The tumour has shrunk, his 'life changing' surgery is on Thursday. I can't say I'm looking forward to the change in our lives. Obviously, I realise not everyone...
i have my last of 6 treatments nov 3rd, spoke to consultant today about going forward had one pet scan showing no spread of my small cell cancer , from the 1cm that they found in my Oesophag us with no spread , it shows clear all over with some thickening...
Hi all! I've had fitness test pre-op after 2 months of chemo. I'm having endoscopy on Monday then meeting surgical team on Wednesday. I have heart murmur which I alrready knew about. Terrified of operation and being under general anaesthetic for so long...
Hi my husband has had a stent fitted after having difficulty swallowing after having surgery 20 weeks ago. This was following 5 dialations which didn't work. So he had it fitted 2 days ago. He now has permanent hiccups plus is retching all the time. He...
Hey everyone, Yesterday we were told they would no longer be able to treat to cure my dad. He had one round of chemotherapy, which he reacted badly too and it led to numerous infections. He has an aggressive form of Esophegus cancer and we have now...
Hi, my husband has had flot, surgery, flot and everything was going great considering. About 2 months ago he started to get pains in his left side, he was told he was doing too much too soon. However I noticed changed in his personality but was told that...
My partner will be coming home with a NJ feed tube after being told his cancer of the oesophagus has come back and says that they are unable to do any more surgery but recomending chemo? Anyone been through this....any advice about feed tube hes already...
Diagnosed with cancer spread to liver waiting for chemotherapy, unfortunately treatment only no cure all this seems to have happened so fast, feel useless have to have feeding tube, 2 months ago was playing golf every day, now no energy lost 3 stone,...
My husband has been suffering with a cough and pains in his ribs and back for the past 4-6 weeks. He had another scan last week and Monday we discovered his cancer has grown and is pushing on his lung and causing these issues. They've got the palliative...
