My husband has been diagnosed with stage 3 oesophageal cancer, spread to the lymph nodes. He also has COPD. Surgery is not an an option and neither is radiotherapy so palliative chemotherapy or targeted therapy is on the cards. He is struggling to eat, mainly having no appetite or desire to eat. He has drinks prescribed to help boost his intake. I want to know all the likely possibilities as my imagination can conjure much worse but he doesn't want to know. I had breast cancer 5 years ago but caught it early. How on earth do I deal with all this? I am feeling more upset about not being able to help him than when I had treatment, maybe because mine was curative.
