HI S3rg10gu3r0,

A very warm welcome to our forum.

I am sorry to hear that you are currently having chemo and awaiting surgery. There are a number of people on the forum, who have undergone this. Unfortunately, I can't be of any help, because I have has 2 bouts of breast cancer and don't know much about this type. While you are waiting for someone with more experience of this, you might find it helpful to search our forum for previous posts on this topic.

If you go to the Search forum box at the top of this page and insert Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus, you will find them. Feel free to reply to any that interest you, or to ask further questions. The only experience I have of Oesophageal cancer is with a friend of mine. He had surgery in 2006 and is still doing well.

I sincerely hope that all turns out well for you too.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi,

Great news that the scans have shown it hasn’t spread AND that it is operable. I hope you’re coping with the chemo and that the side effects aren’t too severe.
If you click on my username, my own journey with OC s documented there.

I was never a candidate for surgery, but I’m sure someone will answer that part of your query now we’ve got Christmas and New Year behind us.

My only useful advice is about coping with chemo. My mistake was assuming that side effects were inevitable and unmanageable. After my third round I felt awful and I stupidly left it a few days before asking for help. The worst of my side effects were managed with a reduction in the nausea and the diarrhoea and constipation (yes, together!). I managed to keep the weight loss under control by having high calorie homemade smoothies and liquidised soups plus chocolate and cake. My oncologist advised me to eat as much of anything that I could keep down and to stay hydrated. Even when you’re frequently vomiting, if you drink enough water some of it will be retained (apologies if anyone was eating when they read this!).

Good luck with your tretment
Dave

I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of oesophageal junction in 2008. As o had metastases my liver, i was not a candodate for surgery. I was treated with ECX chemo only. Well here I am all these years later! A recent full body PET scan for an entirely different reason showed no sign of this cancer!

Hi Janwes23,

That’s amazing! I went through something similar in late 2013. 

EOX (E – epirubicin (epee-roob-i-sin)O – oxaliplatin (ox-al-e-plait-in)X – capecitabine (cap-site-a-been) rather than ECX (E - epirubicinC - cisplatinX - capecitabine. 

Best wishes
Dave