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Is anyone else on a feeding tube and how are you managing?
Hi Currently truing to come to terms with my consultant visit yesterday. My own fault in a way as I was making sure I was prepared, read all the side effects for radiotherapy and the blogs of relevant champions on here. All well and good then I was...
Hi I have been diagnosed with advanced cancer of oesophagus which spread into liver and am coming up to my 4th cycle of chemo which I think is going well after a bad start but I have a problem with ght time sleeping where ill wake up around 2ish and cannot...
Joined just tonight and saying hi. Freshly diagnosed with adenocarcinoma at the junction, I’m male and 47, following endoscopy on 3rd December. Been vomitting for weeks anything solid, tumour basically blocked my food pipe now. Had PET and is localised...
Hi was diagnosed on the 6th of December. Had most of the tests now. Waiting for another camera down my throat on the 7th of January then on the 14th I have a CPEX test hopefully all goes well for the treatment stage. I'm worried about what the treatment...
Am I sleeping myself to health, or death? Should I listen when my body tells me it needs rest, or is it the cancer speaking, trying to save itself? Should I push myself and take up a personal trainer? I’d like to hear the opinions of the people here in...
Hi my partner has jus been diagnosed with cancer so ive joined here for help and advice
We finally got the results of the PET scan this morning and have been told there is nothing they can do. I am in shock and beyond devastated. The results show spread to bones, liver and lungs. They won’t even try treatment. I don’t understand why? He...
So we've had lots of calls through today. Husband will be on oxaliplatin, capecitabine and immunotherapy- Pembrolizumab (super happy about this) 27th Dec we have chemo meeting at our hospital Still having a pet scan at Royal marsden on 31st chemo...
So yesterday my husbands diagnosis changed to incurable and inoperable The staging was T3 N3 M1 Four days after our first meeting , they have said that it's in lymph nodes in the stomach . we do have a 2nd opinion at the Marsden on Wednesday . Drugs...
