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First I noticed was when swallowing a slow swallow at times and at doc within a couple weeks so wasn’t left long with symptoms. Intial phone call team saying in one lymph node not through wall so curative approach subject to PET scan. Not losing weight...
New here and just reading through the posts, many are by women about their partners or husbands. Are there any other women out there with oesophageal cancer?
Afternoon all, Didnt think this was a topic i would be starting, but as some of you longer members of this family know, i/we have struggled. Recently blood pressure has been high, very anxious, mood up and down, all over the place. But i lost 2 really...
Hi Are PICC lines painful? Thanks
Hi Has anyone got any tips or advice on side effects with Chemotherapy. Much Appreciated
Hello I’m new to this community. My husband was diagnosed with lower oesophageal cancer stage 3 in May. It was an endoscopy that found it and since it’s been ct scan, surgeon appointment, aesthetic, dietician pet scan and a laparoscopy. We ar still unsure...
It was suggested to me by one of the consultants that i saw at The Royal Marsden Hospital this week that it might be worthwhile for me to have some immunotherapy to help treat my Oesophageal cancer, and i was wondering if anyone has had this, and wondered...
Hi All six weeks ago we had no idea what was coming. What my husband thought was a stomach ulcer turned out to be inoperable oesophageal cancer. Hearing these words Monday this week and that palliative care including various therapies to keep him comfortable...
Hello all, hoping that I can get support, and offer in return, on our family situation. I posted the following in the Ask a Nurse section and had some really good advice (shared here for diagnosis/prognosis context) Hello, I am hoping for some insight...
I know this is an old chestnut as a subject and we have been round it many times discussing NHS protocols and regional interpretation. . However I do urge all of you who are post Ivor Lewis to insist on checkups and don't get fobbed off. I have just had...
