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Hi, Looking for some advice from anyone who has maybe been in a similar situation. My dad was diagnosed with Esophagus cancer on Friday. We are still waiting to the results from the biopsies they took from the raised lymphnodes on his neck. They have...
My husband had his oesophagectomy in April 2025 and has been doing really well until about a month ago. To cut a long story short, what we thought was likely to be delayed emptying causing his coughing, nausea and lack of appetite turned out to be a twisted...
Hi all. I'm six weeks post op and doing ok now I'm home. I was in hospital for five weeks. However, I'm fine when lying down but as soon as I stand up I get this incredible dizziness and a feeling of total weakness. The dizziness seems to start on my...
Hi All six weeks ago we had no idea what was coming. What my husband thought was a stomach ulcer turned out to be inoperable oesophageal cancer. Hearing these words Monday this week and that palliative care including various therapies to keep him comfortable...
Hi all, just looking for advice about my husbands fitness etc after surgery. He was diagnosed with oesophagial cancer last June had his op Dec 25 and is doing really well. He's on immunotherapy which he has only had a flare up of diverticulitis with so...
Hello all, I joined following a malignant looking gastro oesophageal junction tumour on endoscopy 2 weeks ago, I'm a retired nurse practitioner and I'm so glad I joined as I've learnt so much and the positivity and support is clear to see. I knew it...
Hi My husband is three and a half years post chemo/surgery for Stage 2 Oesophageal Cancer .Everything seems to be looking good up to now regarding the success of the treatment for the OC . Once treatment was over and he ws strong enough we sold our...
Hi, I am new to this forum and I am unsure how this works so please bare with me. My dad is 60 and was diagnosed just under 2 weeks ago with oesophageal cancer. They found something in the liver on his CT, but it was inconclusive. They did a PET CT...
My mum (82) was diagnosed in September last year. She decided not to have an op to remove the tumour and instead had a stent fitted to help her eat as she couldn't swallow at all hardly. All was fine until January, she was struggling to swallow again...
My hubby had his surgery 2 weeks ago, he was out of hospital in 7 days but since his been home he has had severe diarrhoea and feeling sick all the time. He doesn’t feel he wants to eat but is trying to. Spoken to dietitian who has put him on 3 protein...
