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Hi there I was diagnosed in late July with oesophagus cancer, been through all the tests, scans and meetings and I'm about to have one more meeting with my chemo team early next week before chemo starts .... what can I expect to experience in the...
HI, I had a GI on Saturday just gone, they took biopsy’s, the consultant could not stop a bleed from this so I needed to stay in for a night as a precaution. I was told they found a growth probably cancer, a picture shows it just above my stomach. The...
Completed treatment end of June flot op flot and I’m wondering does anybody get the hungry feeling back . from time to time I get the old feeling of just wanting to eat something desperately ! my old normal of feeling hungry for a few hours and then...
My husband has been diagnosed with incurable cancer to the oesophagus and had a stent put in around a month ago. Before he had that almost everything he ate would come back up again. The weeks that have passed since the stent was put in have been fine...
Hi my husband has been told he may not be able to have the chemotherapy following his operation as he is underweight, I am worried no as they say it help to elevate the cancer returning. Has anyone on here not had the adjuvant chemotherapy please ant...
My husband is in his 7th week of treatment. He’s having chemo and radiotherapy. His main side effect is sickness and vomiting. He has lost his appetite completely and is losing weight. Any advice on how to help him gain some weight.
Hi all My dad continues to have issues around eating certain foods since his surgery 8 weeks ago. I think he's starting to find that foods he once enjoyed eating are now sadly no longer suitable. Earlier today he ate a cheese and ham toastie (a ready...
How we doing treading down this path.
Does anyone have any reactions to different foods and drinks post op ? ever since my operation in march I found I get headaches after eating certain foods and drinks . It’s taken me months to work out what’s causing this but Iv established that just drinking...
So I was diagnosed yesterday during an endoscopy said it was a 2cm malignant tumor now waiting for a CT scan and help or advice would be appreciated
