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My husband has been diagnosed with OC. The team have moved quickly with tests and scans and there is no spread so far so chemo, surgery and then more chemo. Obviously we feel scared as do others here. Just asking for any words of wisdom to be prepared...
Hi Everyone, I messaged a few weeks back about my very close friend who has been diagnosed. He has since had a CT scan and then an ultrasound as he is allergic to iodine so the scan could not be performed properly. He went for results today and they...
So today was the day . We have been told husband's tumour can't be operated on due to being in lymph nodes. So another meeting on Monday and then to start chemo. Cancer hasn't spread to other organs but he said stage 3-4. I tried to see today as just...
Hi all I never do forums but I thought I’d give this a try. I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in April this year. It was early but also in the top of my stomach. Since then I’ve had chemo and radiotherapy which was brutal and took me right...
Hi there, just wanted to say hello. Am currently caring my my mum who has Stage 3 GOJ and hasn’t been able to eat or drink anything orally for 6 months now and is fed by a stomach tube. Just wondered if anyone else was in the same boat and had any advice...
Hello everyone, I'm new here so first time writing. I'm 37 and was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer t2/3 N0 in October 2021, a PET scan shown that it wasn't in my lymph nodes, no signs of spread and was put onto 4 rounds of FLOT chemo. The plan was...
Hi, so after what has felt like the longest wait ever my dad has finally got his pet scan results. It was originally thought the cancer started in his oesophagus but the pet scan seems to indicate it has started right at the top of his stomach and has...
Hi everyone my husband (late 40s) recently diagnosed with oesophagus cancer after investigation on a hip problem which turned out to be a secondary tumour. Up to just a week ago the primary tumour in his food pipe had rarely bothered him but radiotherapy...
Hi all, My Dad is stage 4 terminal.. but the cancer has not spread. His Tumour was 13.5cm but 12 rounds of Folfox has reduced it to 4.8cm. We were told it was severely impacting his windpipe, so surgery was not an option..but now it's shrunk so much...
No treatment as to near liver 3 cm tumer at bottom by stomach devasared
