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Hello everyone,I'm Baz and have been diagnosed with cancer of oesophagus, 38mm lesion at bottom of tube where it enters stomach. I get to see specialist this week for care plan and I'm hoping they can go in and remove it. I'm still working at the moment...
Hi , Im Peter and ive just been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. I was asked to go on a trial, as I have had acid reflux since a child. And been on emeprizol for years. Thankfully the test found a narrowed oesophagus. A endoscopy found a nodule, which...
Hi everyone , This is aimed primarily at those newly diagnosed and feeling terrified reeling from looking at survival statistics etc. I don’t want to be guilty of “toxic positivity” but I honed in on survival stories at the beginning to stay sane ....
Hi everyone. My mum recently (1 month ago) got a preliminary diagnosis of high grade poorly differentiated Adenocarcinoma. The cancer was actually identified in May by a different hospital who was looking at her small bowel. We had to wait for more endoscopy...
I woke up yesterday morning with the most awful gastric reflux the burning was horrendous. It has knocked me for six and I spent most of the day in bed unable to eat and feeling so tired and nauseous. I'm feeling slightly better this morning but I am...
New to this forum and trying my best to navigate some uncertainty, so appreciate any thoughts based upon your experience. After four cycles of FLOT and my tumor being stabilzed. Tumor specifcally is a T3 n1 bulky distal oesophageal adenocarcinoma involving...
I am hoping to go on a Mediterranean cruise next year for 7 days. I have been quoted £1200 for holiday insurance. Is this about right. I had my op in January 24 and the margins and lymph nodes were clear. Is this quote about right.
Hi everyone, new here! Weve had confirmation today that mum has oesophagus cancer; this has been caught by tests performed at sheffield focussing on her small bowell, they saw it on the way down. Luckily the small bowel has been confirmed as not cancerous...
My hubby had ivor lewis 6 weeks ago its been tough with eating snd him losing 2.5 stone . Had the consultant today for biopsy result. The margins were clear but out of the 37 lythm nodes 2 came back positive. Mop up chemo is in 3 weeks , consultant said...
Today it was confirmed that cancer has returned and is all over the peritoneum and small bowel. Chris has been so unwell since the hiatal hernia repair that there is no chance of him coping with any chemotherapy and it probably wouldn’t help much anyway...
