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saw surgeon yesterday and got to see the 2 pet scans, august and xmas eve, finally those words, "so good news", no spread showing, and shrunk, hubs cancelled his resched hernia on 3rd jan, as mines now confirmed. still not sank in, but will grab it with...
Why is it wen I drink cold water from bottle it's if ice is in it just had first chemo
Hubby started cycle 1 yesterday. Feeling rough this afternoon but meds helped. Hes developed hiccups today which is tiring and a very sore throat. Is this common? Sorry to keep asking questions but you don’t know what you don’t know until this starts...
6a day till next flot can't sleep
So having seen the consultant today and gone through all the scary info regarding surgery, it’s been bought forward to the 17th Jan - ong that’s a week on Friday! Feeling anxious and afraid of what’s in store, not just the huge op but the recovery and...
Hi, I am feeling very alone this New Year’s Eve and struggling. We are still waiting on PET scan results! Feels such a long wait and things have got worse this last week. Fatigue and sickness have really set in now. I’m scared for him, he is losing...
Is anyone else on a feeding tube and how are you managing?
Hi Currently truing to come to terms with my consultant visit yesterday. My own fault in a way as I was making sure I was prepared, read all the side effects for radiotherapy and the blogs of relevant champions on here. All well and good then I was...
Hi I have been diagnosed with advanced cancer of oesophagus which spread into liver and am coming up to my 4th cycle of chemo which I think is going well after a bad start but I have a problem with ght time sleeping where ill wake up around 2ish and cannot...
Joined just tonight and saying hi. Freshly diagnosed with adenocarcinoma at the junction, I’m male and 47, following endoscopy on 3rd December. Been vomitting for weeks anything solid, tumour basically blocked my food pipe now. Had PET and is localised...
