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Hi all, sorry I haven’t posted for a while. Just wanted to give an update since I last asked a question about the operation and to offer my own experience of the operation. it’s early days but I had my operation on 7th June - minimal invasive surgery...
Hi I am not sure yet what is happening however from my latest scan after 12 months having a Larangectomy-removal of voicebox- and getting along fine, working and everything my Consultant has phoned to say something suspicious in my food pipe, asked...
Hi all, I just wonder about other peoples experiences of portion sizes following the op? Yesterday I had about 2 tablespoons of porridge for breakfast, about 2 tablespoons of beans on crust less toast and similar size for tea. Only had one snack in...
My wife has been told she can’t eat rice or pasta with her stent. Yet I have looked at several NHS websites, and they are both on the list of foods to eat. What is the correct advice?
Hi.my husband is going in for surgery tomorrow. We are so scared as they take the esophagus out and stretch the stomach up to attach it to what's left. He is feeling very low and anxious. I dont know how to help him. Has anyone had this surgery?
Hello I had a gastroscopy last Tuesday and found out I had a 6cm tumour in my oesophagus that the nurse said was probably malignant. It was a massive shock and it was very savage how the news was delivered. I’d had trouble swallowing and was told I...
Hi my husband was diagnosed with the return of his oesophageal cancer October, he had a stent fitted to help him eat. All was well until April and the food started sticking again. He had an endoscopy last week and apparently the stent is narrowing halfway...
Hi all, have not posted in ages but have just had a phonecall with hubby's oncologist that has hit us both like a tonne of bricks. He has T4, on Xerox (capecitabine and oxalipatin) and immunotherapy, pembrolizumab. had a scan after cycle 3 and told...
Just had my last lot of mop up flot chemotherapy, so see how it hits me this time, still I’ve done me 4lots of pre op chemotherapy,Ivor Lewis operation, 4lots of flot mop up chemotherapy, just trial mmunotherapy to go starting next month wish me luck...
