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Hi all terrified to even be joining this group. My beautiful partner is 59 and last year I encouraged him to go to Gp due to heartburn. Dr prescribed Lanzoprazole and referred for endoscopy. Never heard anything back from that and assumed it was fine...
Hi everyone, So I posted a few days ago about my very good friend being diagnosed. He has his scan next week when we will see what stage it is. My worry is that he seems to be in a lot of pain and it has got worse over the last week. The doctor has...
My husband has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and is half way through his second palliative chemo cycle. He has lost so much weight and is struggling with loss of appetite. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what life after the chemotherapy...
Hi everyone just asking for some advice please. My husband was diagnosed last year with a T3 as well as some lymph nodes infected, he had 4 rounds of FLOT Chemo then the Ivor Lewis procedure, then another 4 rounds of FLOT. He is currently cancer free...
Sadly, my father has been told a few days ago his cancer is terminal. We were advised chemo wouldn't work and due to the location of the cancer high in his throat that they couldn't operate, radio theropy was the only shot but it didn't work and the tumor...
Hi my very close friend has recently been diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer he is only 58. They have found a 4cm tumor in his lower oesophagus. He has pain in his chest and round his back. He is finding that food feels like it is getting stuck. He has...
afternoon was just checking whats left of the state of my stomach and chest, belly button is bit of a mess, just having a little poke about and can now feel a hard lump size of a pea that was not there before, after effect of laparoscopy possibly? didnt...
HI all, I love reading all the positive comments from everyone on here. I was referred to the One Stop Shop at St Thomas' in September to assess whether chemo and surgery or just surgery was the way to go when I received the devastating news that...
Hi Survivors. I am 10+ years since my Ivor Lewis Surgery and still here, which is amazing. I had 28 lymph nodes removed during my curative surgery. Apart from now having Lymphocitic Colitis, I am doing fine, being 63yo and all and working full time...
Afternoon, My dad has oesophageal cancer and had radiotherapy in June 2024, his swallowing returned to normal and he was flying. In September we were told the primary tumour had gone from his oesophagus but it was lighting up in 1 lymph node. They planned...
