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Has anyone with oesophageal cancer experienced ear ache? I have pain when I swallow which seems to resonate up to my right ear. It can linger too after the chest pain (causes by swallowing) has gone.
My husband was diagnosed in January spread to lung . Surgery not possible. Told over the phone not very good way to be told if there is a good way and told surgery not possible palliative. this following 3 weeks hospital stay with virus and endoscopy...
I completed 5 weeks of chemo and radiotherapy which once the pain and swelling subsided I felt went well as I could eat a normal diet. I am unsuitable for surgery. I have been suffering from a chest infection for the past month, which I assumed was...
Hi, I’m new here. My husband is 10 weeks post op, he is doing amazingly well all things considered, he’s back to driving and his much loved swimming. The one thing that is really getting him down is the terrible bucket loads (as he describes it) of mucus...
Hi All, I have just joined the group following my dads recent diagnosis. CT showed thickening of esophagus wall - told it is cancer. 3 endoscopies later, biopsies are inconclusive. Waiting to for an ultra sound endoscopy to determine type of C. He...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed in April with stage 2 oesophageal cancer which was a shock. Am shortly to embark on five weeks of weekly chemotherapy and daily radiotherapy. Then I am to have keyhole surgery follow by possible immunotherapy. I am very...
Hi everyone. I am new to the forum although I did post last week. My mum has recently been diagnosed with a lesion on her oesophagus and a had a stent fitted and we are now pretty much in the dark. She was discharged from the hospital on Thursday with...
Hi all - my partner of 36 years has been diagnosed with this awful cancer and is luckily at TM2 - he has been advised to have chemo but has the added complication of having a genetic form of Charcot Marie Tooth disease .CMT can be very adversely affected...
Hiya everyone , just to keep people in the loop. My husband had the Ivor Lewis op on the 2nd June . The surgeon said it was the size of a small football. Husband spent 11 days in hospital. Zero complications. He is eating small meals as often as possible...
My husband has just completed his 4th FLOT over 8 weeks, we have been to see surgeon and been told the surgery is major, removing section of oesophageal cancer and then reattaching the stomach to it again, lung deflated, rib to be cracked it’s so scary...
