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Hi to everyone I am 23 months after surgery and doing good still take lansoprazole tablets and gaviscon after eating,also coughing when eating visited doctor had blood test which showed I had lack of iron and anaemia so was given tablets,had chest exray...
HI Just wondering has anyone any advice on throwing up on a daily basis, maybe only once a day then phlem at night but its getting a bit worrying. my partner is 1 year post surgery, he could eat normal on minute then few hours later half a banana and...
Good morning My husband finally has a date for his operation, 19th June at Royal Liverpool (the day before my 70th!) of all days. He is having a lung resection at the same time, as they found a small tumour there. I’m just wondering if there was anything...
My little friend for next 24 hours 3rd round Chemo th in 2 weeks . Then picc line removed CT scan then MTD meeting hopefully operation end of july
Hi, I found out yesterday that I have inoperable oesophageal cancer, which has spread to lymph nodes in my neck, abdomen and the nodes near the tumour. I feel at the moment as though my world has stopped turning. My mind is just numb. I look around everyone...
Hi My dad has just finished his 4th (and final..for now) FLOT treatment. Over the last few weeks I've noticed that he's gone back to bad habits including smoking again, which has devastated me. He always was a smoker, not heavily, but still. He gave...
HI, just wondering if anyone else gets memory loss/poor concentration a lot? Its my partner has/had the cancer finished treatment and im finding this a bit frustratiing, I try not to but I find im repeating myself a million times and while in work having...
My husband has now had 5 cycles of chemo Oxaliplatin/Capecitabine and 3 cycles of immunotherapy/ Keytruda. He has tolerated the chemo well, but unfortunately developed a bad rash and colitis with the immunotherapy. The rash has responded well to the...
My husband has squamous cell carcinoma. He was diagnosed in Feb. We have been moved from pillar to post by Barts waiting for decision on treatment. A month ago the tumour broke through oesophagus wall into lung. This resulted in op to insert 2 stents...
Hi all, just joined the forum. I’ve just had my 3rd round of Flot (last Thursday), I have a final one on Thursday 15th June, then a 6 to 8 week wait until my op. Where my cancer is, they haven’t decided whether they remove my oesophagus and stretch...
