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As a family, we have been given the devastating news that our dad has been diagnosed with stage 4 Oesophageal Cancer. Surgery is not an option. Immunotherapy is not an option and we've been told the prognosis is months. This is a massive heartbreak for...
Hi all, I'm new here. I know no one can really answer my question without much information on the patient but it's the lack of information that brings me here. My 92 year old Grandad was diagnosed two weeks ago after suffering terrible reflux. His wife...
Hi, Relative just diagnosed. late 80's. Not for surgery or chemo , just radiation. Just seeking best, even if it costs, way of doing radiation for locally advanced oesophageal adenocarcinoma type. Few lymph nodes affected locally. Nowhere else. I can...
Hi all, I posted on this forum in November 2020 after we found my dads (53 at the time) oesophageal cancer had grown around his pulmonary artery and he was given 1 year to live. After chemo radiation they managed to shrink the cancer so that it was...
My husband has oesophageal cancer. He had an op in 2020 but at the end of 2021 it returned. Sadly I don't think he has a long while left but he has been doing very well, even managing to do lots of work to the outside of the house! However about 4-5 weeks...
Hi All I'm a complete newbie to all this as my diagnosis is not fully in yet...still more tests,etc. How long, on average, is the wait between the assessment being completed and starting treatment whatever it may be? I'm hoping to have a CT scan in...
Hi I had a call from the dietician as I’m becoming more limited in the food I can eat. I’ve been maintaining my weight so far so I’m getting enough calories. I’m starting chemoradiation soon and they suggested having a feeding tube fitted now so that...
Hi all, I’m Mark, 46! I was diagnosed with OC at the G E Junction. I’ve had 4.5 weeks of Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy back in Dec/Jan with an op in April this year 2022! All went well and the histology showed no signs of spread, Right now I’m on a...
Hi there, I have just had my second round of Docetaxel chemo. I since seem to get a regular pain that I cannot work out if is heartburn/reflux. I wear a low dose morphine patch and take 20mg of Omerprazole twice a day. I have read one of the rare side...
Mum has oesophogeal cancer and has been told to stop drinking the alpro juices the docs have given her. How long can someone last without any fluid intake at this late stage? I appreciate answers will vary although we have been advised that as her body...
