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Hello everyone How is everyone doing? thank you for all of your help lately which I have passed on to my friend. He did the first post op chemo which was very tough but he got through it, Had bloods and told he cant have second post op chemo this...
Hi, my Mum had to have an endoscopy and gastroscopy on the 8th January as she has anaemia but this dropped even further despite being on Iron tablets. We were told at the time that it was highly suspicious and had biopsies taken. She was then sent for...
Hi, my dad is poorly with esophageal cancer. His 2nd time fighting this awful disease and is now on EOL care. Hoping any with experience of a syringe driver at this stage can share their stories and pros and cons to this? Also here for support from...
I'm sorry if this is rhe wrong place to post this but I'm so lost and I don't know where to go from here. My husband was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer at the beginning of April after having an endoscopy late march, he struggles to eat and was put...
Hi, I had breast cancer treatment 3 years ago.I had an mri for pain early December and was informed a couple of days ago I have an enlarged paraesophageal lymph node and a cyst on the esophagus. Apparently I now need a ct obviously really worried...
Hi February is awareness month for Oesophageal cancer. We have great support on here but just wanted to add the other sites. I am raising awareness through my personal SM accounts but I am also raising it with my GP practice. Here are some links ...
Hi everyone, I had a bleed from my oesophageal tumour which resulted in me having a blood transfusion, radiotherapy to seal the tumour and 3 weeks in hospital where I lost about 3 stone in weight. I also experienced extreme sickness and obviously lack...
Hi all, I'm new to the group, my mum 66 was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in July 24, however, now diagnosed with esophagus cancer which has spread to the lung, her tumor is 30cm in length, she's just had a stent fitted after removing a feeding...
Hi I posted about my mum's diagnosis. It was detected via an endoscope and then had a PET scan. She had an appointment yesterday to discuss results of PET scan. Tumour couldnt be seen on it. He said it's small and now wants to look at how deep into muscle...
Hello all, I am looking for any information on people diagnosed with oesophageal cancer who have previously had bariatric surgery, specifically gastric bypass. My husband was diagnosed in December last year and we had our first consultant appointment...
