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My wonderful husband Tony lost his battle yesterday morning against this awful disease. He went peacefully and at home where he wanted to be. He has endured so much for 19 months but surpassed his prognosis, I am so proud of the fight he put up to stay...
Hello all, my husband has had the Ivor Lewis surgery along with a small area of lung removed and was home on day 6! Not what I expected as thought he would be in longer, he was keen to get home as he didn’t cope well on the ward once out of critical care...
Hi all, Just wanted to post some positive thoughts for all you folks out there having treatment or recovering. I had chemo and radiotherapy for stage 2 and then the Ivor Lewis op. The op was eight years ago this last April, age 58. I'm now 66. Side...
Morning people, not posted for a while, reconstruction surgery January 2025, surgeon happy with the results, on immunotherapy, and on sarong trial, and feel so ashamed to feel like this, I just find it hard to be positive, more so recently after having...
My husband was diagnosed in January with oesophageal junction cancer in the lining of the oesophagus. He was on immunotherapy and the capacitor chemotherapy tablets. He’s 83 and in the last months we went to London from Portugal (where we live) to have...
I had a feeding NJ tube fitted 2 weeks before the end of my chemo radiotherapy I am four weeks post all treatment and feel the tube is stopping me from eating normally, I have what feels like a sore throat constantly and lump at the back of my throat...
Has anyone been prescribed PERT tablets post oesophajectomy?
Dal is currently in hospital, everything came on rather quickly and the news is not good. We have achieved so much since May 2020, we have seen 2 of our daughters marry ️ and new grandchildren have joined our family, we had lovely holidays and weekend...
My husband is Stage 4 and is just not well, lots of pain and discomfort. His diagnosis is gastro oesophageal junction cancer. It’s now spread to a few places including the liver. Cancer has completely robbed him from us, his image, his personality, his...
After surgery please be very careful with what you’re eating chew everything more than you did before, there is a drug called creon that I take which breaks down fat that you digest this is a supplement because your stomach is not near your pancreas which...
