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Just finished five weeks radiotherapy and chemotherapy four chemotherapy infusions and chemotherapy tablets for the 12 weeks. For oesophageal cancer How long after treatment do you start getting back to normal presently feeling tired, weak and still...
Hello Everyone I have posted on this site before and found so many amazing friends, family, relatives who have been struck by this awful disease. My husband Michael was diagnosed on a date that will live with me forever, 24th November 2023, he was...
Hi, my Husband had robotic surgery on 10th July and was doing well but for the past week his cough has got much worse than straight after surgery. Is this normal or should we be worried?
Hi. I'm visiting from the Head & Neck forum asking for advice please. Has anyone any experience of having their throat dilated post treatment? I was referred from ENT to gastro and had a flexible endoscopy with my throat stretched with a balloon...
HI Wondering if anyone has any issues with thick black mucus, my partner is 2 years post surgery but chokes up mucus every night various times, can be if he eats or if he doesn't no real reason we can gather this has always happened. (even with 8 stretches...
Morning all, My husband has just completed cycle 6 of CAPOX chemo but is still suffering bad with upper back pain. Does anyone else have upper back pain? He has a CT scan on Thursday but I am worried something else is going on. Angie
I had stage 4 diagnoses a year ago . Started a course of 8 chemotherapy sessions which I completed and apart from the first week where it was difficult the rest of the time I had no symptoms and felt really well. The cancer had spread to my liver , lung...
Hi Everyone Just looking for opinions on this subject. Ive had my first four FLOT chemotherapy sessions which have been successful. After seeing my oncologist I thought my operation date was going to be at the beginning of September but when I saw...
Hi, I was diagnosed at the end of December with cancer, but a further PET scan showed an "abnormal" lymph node in the chest cavity and a further one in the left side of the neck. An operation took place to remove the one in the chest cavity for biopsy...
Hello everyone. I have just been diagnosed with mid oesophageal adenocarcinoma. I start Chemo next week for 8 weeks and then a 3 stage esophagectomy, in October sometime. I am in shock right now and have been told to get fit and put on muscle to be...
