Hi Hannahrose,

So sorry to read about your husband’s diagnosis and prognosis. 

What type of chemo is your husband on?

If you click on my username, this will take you to the story of my oesophageal cancer journey so far. I was given a similar prognosis in late 2013, but was incredibly lucky with the way my cancer reacted to the chemo. 

Try to remember that any estimates of how long someone has are, at best, educated guessed based on averages. None of us are average and the average survival figures don’t take into account factors like age, fitness or co-morbidities all of which have an influence on how well our bodies can tolerate chemo and recover after treatment.

Please feel free to ask me any questions you like, you are both bound to have a lot of them.

Good luck with the chemo

Dave

Hi Hannahrose,

So sorry to read about your husband’s diagnosis and prognosis. 

What type of chemo is your husband on?

If you click on my username, this will take you to the story of my oesophageal cancer journey so far. I was given a similar prognosis in late 2013, but was incredibly lucky with the way my cancer reacted to the chemo. 

Try to remember that any estimates of how long someone has are, at best, educated guessed based on averages. None of us are average and the average survival figures don’t take into account factors like age, fitness or co-morbidities all of which have an influence on how well our bodies can tolerate chemo and recover after treatment.

Please feel free to ask me any questions you like, you are both bound to have a lot of them.

Good luck with the chemo

Dave