Hi there ...

Sorry you've had no reply yet ... but sometimes threads get pushed back, when there are so many comming through ...

But welcome to our little chat room... please feel o.k to join in on any threads ... and hope your chemo and radiotherapy are gentle on you ... it's a tough old journey but lots on here are right there with you ..

Chrissie x

Thx Chrissie 

I was diagnosed just before my 60th birthday in August last year. Like you 5 weeks of Chemoradiation - the radiotherapy for me was the worst bit as most of the time I felt exhausted, coped by having a nap in the car park before driving home. It also for me made swallowing much harder and this continued for about two weeks after treatment finished. Then I could eat a wider variety of food so I tried to put weight on prior to surgery at the beginning of December.  The other good bit of advice I was given was to get as fit as possible prior to surgery. The operation is a scarey thought, maybe I was lucky but the pain management was excellent and I was home after 8 days. I have my third stretch this coming week and life is very different post op but not for a minute do I regret having the operation - initially I was determined I didn't want it. Life does change but take it a day at a time and I hope you are like me surrounded by amazing family and friends it really helps.

Wishing you all the best.