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Hi everyone, My husband was diagnosed just a year ago of oesophageal gastric cancer (OGC) he had 4 rounds of Flot chemotherapy then a partial gastronectopy and then 4 more rounds of the Flot. He had complications after his surgery and still has them...
As background: My wife was diagnosed with primary oesophageal cancer in 2019, and was successfully treated at the time via a combination of chemo- and radiotherapy, followed by Ivor Lewis surgery. Unfortunately, in September of last year (2022) she...
are there any members here who have not needed any dilation after all there treatment long term . what signs do you need to be looking for to know one is needed thanks
My partner had surgery 9 weeks ago at Derby Royal Hospital who successfully removed the cancer. Great news and we're so thankful!! What we weren't really prepared for was how much this would still impact his life every day for a long time to come. We...
Hi all, My dad is 6 weeks post surgery and was fitted with a jej tube when he had his operation. We saw the dietician a couple of weeks after his surgery and she said dad could drop to 5 nights of overnight feeds. Dad isn't keen on having the feed so...
I've no Idea what to expect from the NHS these days. It's been three months since my cancer diagnosis (which was given to me in less than a minute by the consultant who did the endoscopy who told me they found a tumor, it was probably cancerous and said...
Hi my dad had a stent fitted around six weeks ago and just had a scan they said it fallen into hi stomach. He was eating soft food after he had it done but the last couple weeks can really only get liquids down has any one else had this problem. They...
My husband has recently come home from hospital after a diagnosis of oesophageal cancer and a T3. The hospital team were unable to fit a stent as it wouldn't hold and so he is unable to eat anything but soft foods. At the moment he's not eating anything...
Hi, I have incurable oesophageal cance. I have just had my 4th chemo infusion and 3rd round CT to see if it's working. Our concern that it's not working is that my swallowing is getting so bad I can hardly swallow anything, or keep anything down. The...
Hiya, just wondering what people’s experiences have been with regards to timings and follow up.. Been on a journey of waiting for appointments after diagnosis of OC back in March.. took some time but finally got a plan for chemo and completed the...
