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Hi my husband has been treated for small cell lung cancer since April 2021 with chemotherapy and then radiotherapy. He had a scan 10 week's after completing the radiotherapy which has shown the sclc had shrunk but a thickness showed on his oesophagus...
I was admitted to City Hospital at Nottingham 18/11/21 all ready for the op only to be told that there wasn't a Hi Dependancy bed. Sent home with 30 days supply of enoxaparin as I am normally on warfarine. Hopefully within the next 30 days will get...
Sitting in addenbrookes acci, waiting for my next lot of vintage champagne, I’m on a trial which involves immunotherapy and chemotherapy used at the same time, every to weeks for the immunotherapy, a trial from Astra zeneca for people with stage 3 adenocarcinoma...
'm new on this site my main one upto now has been MacMillan Support, last year August 2020 I had a complete Laryngectomy-removal of voicebox- I have been making such excellent recovery from that and still working @ 71 ! and then 3 weeks ago my last scan...
Hi 53 year old female, diagnosed with endocarcinoma of the oesophagus in June 2021. Radiological staged at T2N0M0. tumour believed to be only about 2 cm. Major surgery was ruled out because of pre existing health conditions - and I agree that it wasn...
Feeling a bit if a wimp at moment, I haven't even had my op or chemo or radiotherapy but feeling extremely nauseous, sick and tired d all the time. Can't sleep worth a damn even with a sleeping tablet and as I have had three endoscopy recently I regurgitate...
Been to see consultant today and been told inoperable having a stent fitted on Tuesday, to help with his swallowing, has also been found in his bones and lungs, to say I’m gutted is an understatement. Neil has been told he can have Chemo so we now wait...
I am due to go under the knife a week today, and whilst I have been fully informed by my fantastic oncology team about the op, I am getting serious jitters about whether I should just go for chemo/radiotherapy route. There are some complications with...
Any tips for getting my stubborn other half to accept my help?
Hi I've not been on here for a while but 2 weeks ago I was at my local hospital getting my oesophagus widened after they found it narrow once my treatment stopped. I got a phone call from the cancer hospital on Friday to go to see my consultant today...
