Hi i lost my beautiful younger sister to cancer on monday 4th jan this year. The shock of it still hasnt really sunk in and i cant understand why it happened. She was diagnosed last october with esophageal cancer and they found it had spread to the lymph nodes as well. Surgery was not an option but was told with chemo she could live up to 2 years and without chemo 2months. This was a huge shock at the time as she had no symptoms really except for acid reflux. She began chemo on 22 december last year and before the chemo began nobody would have known she was ill as she looked and felt so healthy. Chemo went ok and she suffered fatigue as we all expected her to. Then suddenly on new years eve she started being very sick and had diarrhoea which went on all night and into the next day. She called her cancer nurse and was told to ring hospital. She went in and was put on a drip to keep her hydrated and anti sickness medicine was sorted for her which eventually stopped the sickness. During this time we were texting each other often and apart from being sick she was her usual cheerful self and just wanted to go home. She came home on sunday 3rd jan and hospital said she was ok. She felt ok just very tired which you would be after 3 days in hospital and being so sick. She was fine in the afternoon and just wanted to get a good sleep. Her partner checked on her all through the night and several times she asked for a drink then went back to sleep. Then at about 7.30 monday morning she called her partner and said she didnt feel right and wanted to go to hospital. He phoned an ambulance who came really quickly but she had deteriorated really quickly and though she was alive when paramedics arrived there was nothing they could do for her and she died at 8.30. Please can somebody help me understand how this can have happened only 8 days into chemo it just doesnt make sense to me
