Hi everyone. Recently I lost my partner to this horrible disease. He was 57 years of age.

He fought and fought to the bitter end.

When he went for his surgery to remove the tumour. We were so very worried but if it gave him 5 years extra of life. Your willing to take the risk. 

No PET scan or xray unfortunately found what the surgeons did. They deflated his lungs and cut across the side of his ribs to get to the tumour. The tumour had spread to the aerota, the back of his heart and down to one of his lungs. The surgeon asked other surgeons down to ask there opinion. However nothing could be done.

He had lots of tests after. His life expectancy went from 12 to 18 months and then months. The tumour had reach his trachea and up to his brain. In the end he lost the ability to talk, so he started communicating through writing. 

He was diagnosed late November last year and he died peacefully at home on the 7th October.  

I need cancer research to look at oesophageal cancer. When he initially was going through his surgery. They were going to take the oesophagus from the neck down to his tummy away. Then stretch his stomach up to make a new oesophagus. If that had been the case he agreed for that part to be donated to research. Unfortunately that didn't happen. 

I am now left wondering what else I could have done.....nothing is the answer. It always happens to the good people and the devil has already played his cards.