Hi, im new to the group.
April 2019 my brother was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the age of 39. He went on to have his first lot of chemo, all seemed to be going well. Then he had his 2nd round of chemo which seemed great again, he actually gained some weight back during that one. Just before Christmas my brother went into hospital for a full gastrectomey and since then hes just gone down hill! We know his cancer is not curable but treatable. But since Christmas hes lost 3 stone, he has had difficulty swallowing the tiny amount of food he can handle,in constant pain,being sick. Over a week ago he went back into hospital as he was severely dehydrated, had some scans which found he had fluid on his lungs. That got sorted by key hole surgery, still went on to struggling to eat in hospital, more tests revealed he had pockets of fluid all round his belly. Last night he went in for keyhole surgery to drain them but the fluid was too thick. Instead they had to do a bigger operation,remove a rib also to get where a fluid pocket was. The rib has also been sent off for testing. Hes currently in ICU, in huge amounts of pain and been told whilst all this is happening he defiantly wont be getting his chemo at the moment. His body is too weak for it. He wont stand a chance.
Hes just so so sick and a skeleton of his old self :( i fear he may not even make it to his chemo. We know he wont live for years and years to come. But i feel like this is the start of the end kicking in :( his chances of infections or heart failure have increased. He even told my mum last night hes had enough now. Enough of this kind of life and pain.
