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How’s have those who have returned back to work found the whole process , I know ever one is different with the side effects of the operation and chemo but how have you coped and how long after treatment did you return. my job as an air conditioning engineer...
Hello. It is not I who has cancer but my husband. He was diagnosed with incidental early stage oesophageal cancer at the beginning of the year. He had and has none of the symptoms associated with OC. It was discovered by chance and is a complete shock...
Hi everyone, My mum (56) was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma oesophageal cancer 4 months ago and we got the news this week that there's sadly no curative treatment for her. I'm absolutely devastated. She had 4 rounds of chemo (FOLFOX) that...
HI, Having waited 5 months from diagnosis to the start of treatment, my husband is now towards the end of his second round of chemo (Cisplatin + Capacitabine). The radiotherapy due to start in a week has been postponed until some lung nodule is investigated...
Dear All My father was diagnosed with a GoJ adenocarcinoma back in September. Disease was local with some nodes and he proceeded with 4 cycles of FLOT and had extended gastrectomy in mid Jan. thankfully, he had had a complete pathological response to...
1st four FLOT completed, I had my CT scan on the 1st Feb and met with the surgeon on the 9th. I am trying to stay positive but I am a nightmare with my thoughts. My tumour has shrunk considerably (which I sort of knew as I can eat anything and have...
Hi, Did anyone else have upper back pain, my husband is in terrible pain with his back, he has his first oncology appointment on Monday I hope they can give him something for it. Our doctor said it is the pressure of the tumour pressing on it.
I have recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer I am very undecided about which treatment to have I would like to hear from anybody that has had the treatment under and aesthetic and had the food tube removed and resectioned from the stomach to...
hello. I just turned 39 years old and I am from Seville, Spain. I didn't expect that the swallowing difficulties that I began to suffer last summer could become so dangerous. Maybe because I didn't think that at my age I could have such a serious illness...
Does anyone else suffer from cold numbness on feet and cold hands constantly . Almost one year after op I’m still getting these issue's feet have a tingling or numbness most of the day and hands never seem to warm up , and still get pain in my right ribs...
