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Has anyone suffered from breathlessness - not while exercising after radiotherapy? Heart and lungs checked ok.
I was in the second round of chemo when I started to feel really ill. I was admitted to hospital and they found out that I have an infection caused by the tumour making a hole in my oesophagus. The chemo hasn’t worked as well as expected so an operation...
All quite a shock as an endoscopy in January was thought to reveal inflammation which would settle in 3 to 4 weeks. However they took biopsies which sat on someone’s desk until 3 weeks ago even though it said urgent Carcinoma. Anyway, that’s history....
I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer back in February. At first the plan was chemo then the op but things went badly wrong when the tumour made a hole in my oesophagus which resulted in a very bad lung infection. After being so ill I was told that...
Afternoon, My dad was diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer (T4N2M1) in March and we were told it was incurable, inoperable and chemo was palliative. He is on an 8 cycle chemo every 3 weeks and is almost halfway through this batch with a CT scan...
Well I had the feeding tube fitted three weeks ago and it stopped working, no idea why but it did. Spent nearly an hour with tubes and solutions, waited an hour for a nurse to arrive and do the same as us to tell us sorry it's hospital and a change of...
I'm Ian, 47 and yesterday had a endoscopy following problems swallowing and food getting stuck, and pain under my left ribs. After raising with a GP, saw a consultant a week later, and 2 weeks after that had the endoscopy. To my horror the consultant...
Hello My mother is 7 weeks post her esophagectomy surgery. She is sleeping sitting up as even turning on her side slightly immediately causes bad reflux. Because of this she is having a lot of pain in her coccyx bone. She has a special cushion she uses...
11 months post esophagectomy and feeling good. Eating is a different thing for me now. I have a cough when eating especially when foods are dry. Small bites and water while swallowing seems to help. I do not really like eating in public due to the cough...
Hi My dad has terminal esophagus cancer and is now a palliative care patient, doing ok, considering. A week or so ago, his left foot became swollen and only when laying down his legs hurt real bad from just above the ankles to just below the knees,...
