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sorry to be posting this, and thank god i had some advice from you lovelies that have been thorugh the op, so i had an idea what to expect after the procedure. now i am just sitting here trying to wade through leaflets, food choices. i feel i have gone...
Good evening to all, I would like to share my story to date and if I can be of any support to any of you please reach out. I was diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer in May 2022. My diagnoses was first met with anger, why me? I now think why not...
Hi everyone i hope you don’t mind me messaging but I am so lonely and my partner best friend has deteriorated rapidly over the last week. We are now approaching the final stage and I’m heartbroken. I’m sorry to message you all but you have all been...
Hi, I am at the beginning of a journey many of you will be familiar with. I started having problems with my swallowing in November and contacted my GP straight away. I knew the risk as my mum had esophageal cancer. Things then moved quickly I was booked...
My mum had an Oesophagectomy 2 years ago and since then it has been a difficult road but she has been relatively stable. Cancer free but she had a lot of difficulty with eating, weight loss, and generally feeling exhausted. She was very active with gardening...
Not using the feeding tube for feeds anymore but I flush it every morning and use a prosorce for protein. Had a dull pain below feeding tube on Saturday but on Sunday morning when I came to flush it I had terrific pain and had to abort mission. Called...
Hi My husband is almost two years post curative intent treatment /surgery for stage 2 OC .He isn’t on a trial and was told monitoring scans would only be offered if new symptoms occurred . However he’s had two CT scans since his treatment ended due...
Hello everyone My friend starts post op Flot this week. Stage 3 3N1M0 - I think thats how it looks 2 LN found with cancer out of 38 No other spread The pre surgery chemo did not shrink the cancer (4cm) Will the FLOT work and be worthwhile when...
Trying to decide whether post surgery FLOT is worth the downsides of chemo side effects. have had 1 cycle of post surgery FLOT, interrupted by ocular shingles outbreak, now under control. some neuropathy pain in feet. oncologist willing to agree...
Am still going through the scans etc before treatment plan. I have the EUS booked on 24th and Laproscopy on 27th. I live on my own and finding it all very overwhelming although my sister is supporting me
