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Hi All, just found out yesterday my dad has oesophageal cancer spread to the ribs and it is terminal. He is a fit 78 year old. He was informed by the endoscopy consultant and seeing oncology Tuesday any advice / info very grateful. All a bit scary no...
Feeling anxious but know it’s got to be done. Surgery booked for the 20th January- unsure what path we going down but meet consultant on the 6th so hopefully should get all the details. Hope you have all had a lovely Christmas (as best as we can) and...
After 4x FLOT Cycles my tumour has shrunk significantly, the dysphagia has improved and I've been given a green light for surgery this Friday 20/12! I'll be having the full Oesophago-Gastrectomy, which will be 'Open Chest'. I'd love to hear about...
Hubby has this and is struggling with food it won't go down properly,some days are better than others
Waiting to cemo as my liver has cerossis blood count must be low
Hi All, I have not been on the site much, and I apologise for that, things have been busy in our world and there has been some encouraging news, We are waiting on a scan confirming that the recent Radiotherapy Dal had on his Liver, has been successful...
Having completed all treatments flot Ivor Lewis and flot June 23 Iv lost a tooth today should I consult my oncologist about getting dental treatment or are there any rules ?
Hi all I just wanted to say happy Christmas to all I posted a few days ago about my husband who has stage 4 oesophageal and liver cancer. 2 rounds of chemotherapy and immunotherapy brutal round 3 on New Year’s Eve. My husband turned 60 in July...
Hi My husband is seven months post Ivor Lewis and has the best outcome we could have hoped for. Totally cancer free , but he is no longer the man that I married. His personality has changed completely. From the outgoing carefree person that he was...
Hi All , I joined this invaluable group in 2022 whilst supporting my husband who was then going through his own experience with Stage 2 oesophageal cancer .He was fortunate ( for want of a better word ! ) to be offered the curative intent route …chemo...
