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My husband has started having B12 injections but they seem to be causing dreadful diarrhoea which lasts for about a week. This has happened after the last two jabs. He cannot leave the house and is becoming very fed up. The other night he was up 8 times...
Hi all. My mam has suffered from colitis after three rounds of immunotherapy. Such is its severity , they have no stopped her treatments permanently. This leaves her with an incurable cancer. I was just wondering if anyone has experience of such a horrific...
Hello I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on 4th October since then I have been in hospital being fed on TPN as tumour has totally blocked by oesophagus, I have now had a J tube fitted and so now home ! I had my oncology appointment yesterday...
Looking for advice to stop me going insane! I've always been a windy kinda guy tbh, my party piece is burping out a song! However since having my operation this talent is now a hindrance. I'm having huge bouts of burping accompanied by incessant hiccups...
Hello, I am writing this in shock. My Dad had an endoscopy today and they found a 10cm tumour. They have taken 14 biopsies and on Thursday he will have a CT scan and PET scan. Dad is 85 - a survivor of prostate cancer, skin cancer and a large heart...
so chest healed nicely after masectomy right side last year, currently belly a mess where they did the laparoscopy and put in j peg tube, nice glue line from belly button to left breast, belly button, what a mess, using aveeno for moisturising the radiotherapy...
Hello, and thank you for allowing me in here. My wife (who is 78 years old) has oesophageal cancer in the lower third with two involved lymph nodes. She has been offered neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery, or primary chemoradiotherapy. She has...
Hey folks, it’s my first time posting here and I’m just looking for advice from other patients. To give a quick overview of my situation, I was diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer at the start of this year. After all the diagnosis had finished I was S3N1M0...
I finished my chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment three months ago, just waiting for a scan in the next few weeks . Although after finishing treatment it was difficult to eat this has improved and l am eating much more now but small amounts but I...
Hi, My mum was diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer in October 2023. The origin tumour was 4cm and we were told that it spread to her liver and lymph nodes and that her only treatment is chemotherapy to prolong her life. That it’s not cureable. Im heartbroken...
