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Hi there

, My name is cathy and i have just been diagnosed with oesophegeal cancer . went to see the surgeon yesterday on  my 50th birthday bummer! a great gift.

the tumour is located on the lower half of th oesophegus. it looks as if there are no secondaries according to scan data , and the tumour is not near local lymph glands . he said he is optimistic that he should be able to remove all the tumour. He has suggested 3 sessions of chemo before surgury in 12 weeks or there abouts. He asked me if i had any questions but at the time i had very few. now my mind is racing with questions many i surpose with no answers , or at least clear ones anyway. Is there anyone out there who has experience of this or is going through the same thing?

What i really want to know is, after all this surgury and chemo and assuming all goes well and cancer is gone. Can i live a near normal life ? will it effect my life expectancy? silly really i should be gratefull its been cought early and what ever time i have i am grateful for. but it just would be nice to know whats ahead. and sorry if the spelling and grammer is all over the place , nnot really thinking at the moment