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My Dad has recently been diagnosed with Oesphageal cancer. Joining here for advice and support on how to help him. Unfortunately it is palliative care as due to other medical complications they are unable to treat I will have various questions but for...
A week has almost passed since last dose of radiation treatment. I was told and probably fellow oesophageal patients were told, that the side effects and general issues would get worse. Well they weren't wrong ! I hope that very soon I will feel better...
Hi everyone. I posted back in July about my mums recent diagnosis and this week we FINALLY got answers... She has high grade poorly differentiated Adenocarcinoma which has metastasis to Liver (3 lesions), so they advised she will now be on palliative...
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 My husband has stage 4 metastatic oesophageal cancer, had CAPOX and Nivolumab immunotherapy. Finished that and was due to have immunotherapy injections for 2 years every 4 weeks. After 2 of these he had a CT Scan and the disease had progressed so...
Hi all, just wondering if anyone has entered this trial? Many thanks.
Hi everyone, looking for some advice or guidance. I had an esophagectomy 8 years ago and take dispersible Lansoprazole (30mg, twice daily) which works perfectly for my acid reflux. Due to a supply issue, my doctor recommended capsules instead. However...
Hi everyone, So after a long wait we finally had the pet results from the hospital. My dad has got stage 4 squamous cell in the oesophagus due to it spreading from the two tumours to the lymph node in his neck. No distant organ spread. The diagnosis...
I finished my last radiotherapy session yesterday. For the last couple of days having problems with appetite and eating and drinking. After swallowing liquids, tea and water, it hurts a little going down and only have lukewarm drinks. Eating same discomfort...
Hi, this is my first time posting. Does anyone have any experiences with either stents or stretching of the oesophagus? I'm here for my mum who is 82 and has a 5cm tumour which is 16cm down her oesophagus and currently unable to swallow.. anyone who...
