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So, my husband had a scan half-way through FOLFOX chemo after 6 cycles. The results are delayed but the nurse phones to give us the 'good' news that the cancer is stable and has not spread further than the local lymph nodes. I am, however, feeling a bit...
I'm very anxious at the moment and wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience. I've had FLOT Chemo, then surgery, then another round of FLOT which finished four weeks ago. My worry is that for six weeks Ive had swollen glands in my throat...
Hi wonder can anyone help? My husband is 2 weeks post oesophagectomy on high enough doses of morphine and is suffering badly wth constipation, too much laxatives - docusate, laxido and bisacodyl and he gets diarrhoea ease back and constipation returns...
Hi all, My nan had the tumour in her oesphagus removed through key hole surgery on the 24th May. She stayed in hospital for 6 weeks after due to constant diahorrea and sickness. They eventually sent her home with her feeding tube as she couldn't stay...
Spent 7 hours in A&E this morning with my husband as he has had delayed gastric emptying and vomiting at 13 months post Ivor-Lewis procedure. They did a CT. The gastric pull-up is all fine, but they found a 4cm tumour on his liver and a 3cm one on his...
Dear All My partner has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in April . He’d had couple cycles of chemo which were very tough for him but he managed to go through the nasty side effects. we just given a date for surgery & had been told it takes at...
Hi people, I just wondered if anyone has had recurrence after oesophagectomy? I had the operation last year following chemoradiotherapy but cancer has come back locally in same place (its squamous cell). Gastroenterologist told me last night nothing more...
Hi All I’m writing this from ICU at Guildford hospital following the surgery to remove my Oesophagus and pull my stomach up that took place last week Now I am starting to face the future and new ways of eating and drinking I wondered if anyone has...
Hi everyone I went for a meeting with my surgeon recently who informed me that it's only the stomach removal part of the operation that is done by keyhole surgery. I'd thought that it would all be done by either keyhole or robotic means. I understand...
Hi, I'm a 63 Yr old who has been diagnosed with stage 3 oesophageal cancer (T3N2) I've been told I can have either chemotherapy and an operation or just chemotherapy. No treatment has started yet and still not sure what to do. The operation has the potential...
