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Hi I'm a 57 year old lady who saw my gp with swallowing problems. The NHS were great and I have had lots of tests, really quickly, culminating in a upper endoscopy on 11th August. I was told it was gullet cancer and 2 lymph nodes were involved and that...
Hello All My husband has Oesphagael cancer T3N3M0. He has just had his 2nd cycle of FLOT and has horrendous headaches and can't sleep. Has anyone else experienced these side effects? Thanks
Prostate cancer dealt with, bowel cancer dealt with but now oesophageal cancer which he & I can't deal with. Chemo but that is just buying him time - how on earth do we deal with this? He is being really horrible which I think is the chemo tablets he...
Hi All. I have had good results with FLOT chemo and am considering surgery. My Oncologist said the alternative to surgery would be radical chemoradiotherapy but most patients choose surgery and that is hospitals standard procedure for those who are fit...
My husband is recently diagnosed, we are to see the surgeon in a couple of days. Are there any important questions we should be asking?
Hi everyone…..I’m relatively new to this site although I did introduce myself back in July when I was first diagnosed with ‘melanoma cancer of the oesophagus’. I had the surgery to remove my oesophagus on 1st August and it appears to have been a success...
My wife has Nasal Oesophageal Cancer and has had 6 cycles of Chemo and is now starting 7 weeks of radiotherapy and weekly chemo. My wife is starting to become a bit down with the fact that she has a horrible taste in her mouth from the treatment. If anyone...
Joined this forum a while back, but felt too tired to say 'Hi' I have oesophageal cancer and also a small tumour on my lung, so I gather surgery is not an option. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy last year seem to have shrunk the oesophageal tumour,...
