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Hello. Has anyone here had post op FLOT ? I get my picc line back in today and FLOT on Friday. I'm very anxious because my oncologist told me it will be tougher than the first time,m with no guarantee that I'll be able to complete the course. He says...
My only brother has stage 3 Oesophageal Cancer and is due to have a stent done next week due to blockages. In July it is planned that he will start chemo tablets. He had his first symptoms on 28th February. He also has Parkinson’s Disease. He is not coping...
Hi all, my Husband had his chemo cancelled due to a high temperature on Friday. The nurse said he would either have IV antibiotics or oral to take home. Unfortunately the Doctor disagreed and he was discharged. By Saturday morning he had an awful productive...
Hello Oesophagus forum I am from the Bowel Cancer forum for myself but my mum has advanced stage cancer of the oesophagus and hence I am posting on here today to say hello and ask for advice… Mum is unable to swallow and is now fed solely via a RIG...
Does anyone have any opinions or experience of this product which is from Shitake mushrooms & purported to be excellent & does not compromise chemo or any other cancer treatment apparently. Taken in capsules daily Active Hexose Correlated Compound High...
My father has recently been diagnosed with Osesophageal Cancer in the upper food pipe. He has just been told he has between 2/3 years and I'm just devastated. He is 72 years old and the doctor said Chemo won't work and surgery is not an option which...
Hi At last, 8 months after diagnosis, my husband's FOLFOX chemo has started - two rounds so far. Unfortunately, the weeks before treatment started, he started suffering from the most dreadful diarrhea. Loperamide seemed to keep it relatively under control...
After looking through this great forum time and time again and taking on board all the information I could to try and get my head around this terrible disease it was my turn to go through the recommended treatment now 11 months on and with chemoradiotherapy...
Hi Does anyone else suffer after having the Filgrastim injection?
Hi new poster here I was diagnosed this week after a couple of months of not being able to eat solid food. I was told I am now on the cancer pathway & everything will happen within a 2 week time period - I have ultrasound next week & PET scan soon & the...
