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My husband was diagnosed with a T2/3 N0 M0 in May 22. He successfully underwent sandwich FLOT and a 3 stage oesophagectomy and declared free of cancer in January 23. His surveillance programme (without imaging) and his own lack of symptoms gave no indication...
I was diagnosed Stage 4 G3 SCC Oesophagus / T4 N1 M1 in November 23 and underwent 4/6 rounds of Capecitabine/cisplatin with good results, partial shrinkage of tumour and evidences for lungs. CT scans every 3 months so slight increase in size of tumour...
Afternoon all I'm new to the forum, had my diagnoses on Christmas eve, at sailsbury hospital, I'm due a PET scan on Thursday 8th Jan, in Southampton, I'm 54, no major symptoms, just had difficulty swallowing food. I still struggle to get my head around...
Happy new year to you all it’s been a while since I posted and for that I send my apologies. Time, although so grateful to have it, has taken over some what since my last post. on the 17th of this month I will celebrate 1 whole year since surgery...
Since my mum’s diagnosis in November, I have been hoping for any tiny glimmer of hope. She is an otherwise healthy, 56 year old who has never smoked and kept healthy, so her quick deterioration and diagnosis back in Autumn came as the biggest shock to...
Hi everyone I thought I’d give a quick update on Paul who’s receiving treatment for a recurrence (see my profile if you want more details). So he’s having the chemo infusion every 3 weeks, tablets every day and a strong dose of immunotherapy every other...
Hi everyone, my husband had his esophageal removal surgery 8th Dec and is doing well. We have first post surgery appt with mdt team next week then an oncology appt the week after. They mentioned having immunotherapy treatment after surgery a while before...
Hi. My name is Chris and I'm new to this forum. My brother was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer back in 2016 and had chemotherapy followed by surgery (oesophagectomy). Whilst we are all grateful he is still with us after almost 10 years, his life has...
Happy new year to you all it’s been a while since I posted and for that I send my apologies. Time, although so grateful to have it, has taken over some what since my last post. on the 17th of this month I will celebrate 1 whole year since surgery...
My father was diagnosed with stage 3 esophagus cancer around 9 months ago. He was originally given 6/9 months, 12 at best with surgery not being an option due to the size of the cancer/placement (it's bridging the base of the oesophagus and into the stomach...
