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At the beginning of March was told the worse news anyone can received. I have Signet ring caner on the Junction of the stomach just waiting for more test to see if we can have the operation . The worse thing is seeing the pain in my wife face and nothing...
My husband is just about to start second round of chemo and was wondering if changes happen sooner then they did after first round.
Hi all, Dad was diagnosed on Nov and has just had his first FLOT treatment. He is T2N1M0 and the aim is curative surgery after 4 rounds of pre-op chemo. He seems to have taken the chemo ok, the main symptoms being constipation in the initial days...
Hi thank you for allowing me to join and just type some of what we are going through at the moment. My dad went for an endoscopy two weeks ago and it picked up an ulcerated lesion at 37cm (ab oral) so a biopsy was taken and he was sent straight for a...
So latest is we have a surgery date, got pre op next week then operation end of march, praying and fingers crossed all goes well for my hubby, we know this will be life changing in so many ways, and when we seen his GI nurse and one of the surgeons was...
Hi everyone, My grandma of 74 was recently diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, she’s had a PET scan and it confirmed that it hasn’t spread to her lungs, but has spread to 3-6 of her lymph nodes near, and almost half of her stomach, the staging is T4...
Thankyou for letting me join this group I've posted a couple of time but i don't think i posted it correct . last week I was told that i have OC on the junction of the stomach with a cancer called Signet Ring Cancer . That's my life was turned up side...
Hi, I’m 77 years of age and I’ve just joined the Macmillan Cancer Club. My story is that following some difficulties swallowing, in April 2021, I had a gastroscopy and was diagnosed with T3N2M0 oesophageal cancer. I had radical chemoradiotherapy treatment...
Hi All Just found out yesterday that my dad has a cancer of the oesophagus! Now waiting on the outcome of the PET scan as we think it has spread. My head is in a spin after looking at Google not knowing what stage he is, has to be the worst waiting...
