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I finished my tube feed about 1am this morning,when I was flushing it,I noticed it was a little bit stiff,so I flushed it with a little extra water.4hrs later I went to flush it before my next feed and could only get 30ml of water in,it’s well jammed...
Hello! I was diagnosed with stage 4a last October when I was 37 years old. I have two small kids and the last year was a challenge. I am now on the other side and hope every day that it won't come back. I find it particular hard to find the right...
Hi All It’s now 16 months since my husband had his Esophagectomy . Yesterday during a clinic appointment with his surgeon he was told that it would now be unlikely that he would feel hungry again due to severed and damaged nerves that occurred during...
Hello, I’ve been a lurker here for a few weeks, unsure whether to post. I‘m 43 and have had silent reflux for many, many years, I think it may go back as far as me being a child. As it didn’t manifest as “typical” GERD symptoms, it went mostly undiagnosed...
Hi ,I’m waking up every 10mins it feels like I’m drowning,and then trying to cough with the surgery I had ,for the feeding tube,feel like it’s game over .is this normal with this type of cancer?
Hi I was diagnosed with lower OC on the 22nd of March after some very intermittent regurgitation especially with bread. However I'm actually eating bread again now albeit slower and smaller portions. I find that the trick is to relax before eating...
Hi All, My husband has stage 3 Esophageal cancer and has just started his chemo. However about 5 weeks ago he had a feeding rig inserted so it would be ready in cycle 3 when he starts his radiotherapy. Currently he's eating fine and not needing to...
Anyone else had a Hernia in the chest scare i myhs afer total stomach removal
I am joining the forum as a fellow oesophageal cancer patient living in Spain. Diagnosed last October 2023 and classed as T2N1M0 (the N1 representing a "suspicious" lymph node very close to the tumour). Been through 4 rounds of FLOT and am now 1 month...
I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017, and had a very short life expectancy, but thanks to Pembroluzimab, two years course, the lung cancer has been cured. However, I've just had a new diagnosis of oesophagal cancer, and the outlook is not good....
