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My 78 yr old husband was diagnosed with T3N3M0 oesophageal cancer last summer. He also has a brachial plexus injury which means he doesn’t have the use of his right arm and has extreme chronic neuropathic pain ( treated with Pregabalin) . He was told...
Hi Everyone I'll be starting my FLOT therapy soon and am a bit apprehensive of what is ahead. I'm 60 and a very fit male. Can people please advise me what the most likely side effects might be? Also following on from that what people might advise...
So What is treatable cancer, I have type 2 Diabetes which not curable, is treatable by daily medication. I have been diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction tumour adenocarcinoma with large cell neuroendocrine - nice and simple lol. What happens at the...
Hi everyone, I’ve just had a nosey on here, I’ve actually got stomach cancer, but noticed a few people on here have tried Aspirin alongside their treatment. I’m interested in its effects at improving chemotherapy efficacy and also reducing risk of metastatic...
I have been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer l will be starting treatment in two weeks chemotherapy and radiotherapy only. Although my oesophageal cancer is a new primary cancer, because I had breast cancer treatment last year I needed to have a PET...
I finished my tube feed about 1am this morning,when I was flushing it,I noticed it was a little bit stiff,so I flushed it with a little extra water.4hrs later I went to flush it before my next feed and could only get 30ml of water in,it’s well jammed...
Hello! I was diagnosed with stage 4a last October when I was 37 years old. I have two small kids and the last year was a challenge. I am now on the other side and hope every day that it won't come back. I find it particular hard to find the right...
Hi All It’s now 16 months since my husband had his Esophagectomy . Yesterday during a clinic appointment with his surgeon he was told that it would now be unlikely that he would feel hungry again due to severed and damaged nerves that occurred during...
Hello, I’ve been a lurker here for a few weeks, unsure whether to post. I‘m 43 and have had silent reflux for many, many years, I think it may go back as far as me being a child. As it didn’t manifest as “typical” GERD symptoms, it went mostly undiagnosed...
Hi ,I’m waking up every 10mins it feels like I’m drowning,and then trying to cough with the surgery I had ,for the feeding tube,feel like it’s game over .is this normal with this type of cancer?
