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Hello Friday past my brother finished his last session of chemo and tommorow he has his cat scan allthough the weeks of chemo really ran him down the 2nd week prior to the next round of chemo he done very well and eating better and better where now...
Hi everybody, I’m new to this forum. I hope you don’t mind me asking a question on behalf of my dad. He has had the pre-op chemo and is waiting for a date for his operation, probably at St Thomas’s in London. There was a pencilled in date for the 11th...
I'm thinking of booking a holiday next year to give me something to look forward to! Can anyone tell me roughly how long after the operation they were able to go swimming? Thanks Anthony
Hi. I am returning to this online forum after about 14 years (husband died 2010 - duodenal cancer) My brother had an endoscopy ten days ago after presenting with chest and back pains and suffering with acid reflux caused by hiatus hernia. He started...
On June 13th I received the devastating news that I have a suspicious 3 cm growth in my oesophagus. And I am on an NHS fast track for cancer diagnosis. Pathology results are back. I do not know what it shows but it must be malignancy or else other tests...
Hi, I'm new here, So last week we found out that my dad has stage 4 oesophageal cancer. He will be having two rounds of chemo a week, but hes not started yet. Also have said he will have surgery to remove tumour. Hes already having problems eating...
Hi All, My husband had his first cycle of CAPOX last Thursday and is really suffering at the moment, he has extreme fatigue, nausea, diarrhoea and is feeling so down. How many days will this last? Any advice please. Angie
Hi, new to the site. My partner has just been diagnosed with OC. Initially, they said the hope would be to have chemo and then surgery. Subsequent to that, they sent him for a biopsy on a lymph node under his collar bone. At the oncology appointment this...
Hi All, My husband is undergoing Chemo and Radiation therapy for a stage 3 tumor very far up at the top of his esophagus. No surgery planned as too near the main aorta. They said is a possible 'curative' outcome but who knows. He had his last intravenous...
Hello I hope this is the right Forum. Does anyone have experience they would share on dealing with oesophageal scarring after radiation therapy? My son has a different cancer but has been warned that if he accepts radiation therapy for it he might get...
