Hello Fortie and a warm welcome to our forum! 

Thank you for sharing your story and sorry to hear that your PET scan showed up prostate cancer. I hope treatment goes well for you and that you get a referral sorted quickly for that. 

To answer your question, one name inevitably springs to my mind and I hope he won't mind me tagging him, it's the lovely [@davek]‍ . Dave is one of our regular contributors on the forum and from what I remember, like you he wasn't eligible for surgery for his oesophageal cancer and yet chemotherapy worked really well. I hope he will pop by to share his story with you. Obviously the details of each person's diagnosis or the reasons why someone may not have been able to have surgery will vary substantially and everyone responds to treatment differently but it's always good to hear from someone else who has been in a similar place before. 

I hope that you will hear from other members who have had chemotherapy and radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer without going through the surgery and that they will share their own experiences with you. 

Our nurses are also available on this free number 0808 800 4040 - their line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm if you want to talk things through with them at any point of your treatment, whether you wish to discuss your prostate cancer, oesophageal cancer or anything else that comes to your mind.

I hope everything goes well for you. Keep us updated if you get a chance!

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hello Fortie and a warm welcome to our forum! 

Thank you for sharing your story and sorry to hear that your PET scan showed up prostate cancer. I hope treatment goes well for you and that you get a referral sorted quickly for that. 

To answer your question, one name inevitably springs to my mind and I hope he won't mind me tagging him, it's the lovely [@davek]‍ . Dave is one of our regular contributors on the forum and from what I remember, like you he wasn't eligible for surgery for his oesophageal cancer and yet chemotherapy worked really well. I hope he will pop by to share his story with you. Obviously the details of each person's diagnosis or the reasons why someone may not have been able to have surgery will vary substantially and everyone responds to treatment differently but it's always good to hear from someone else who has been in a similar place before. 

I hope that you will hear from other members who have had chemotherapy and radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer without going through the surgery and that they will share their own experiences with you. 

Our nurses are also available on this free number 0808 800 4040 - their line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm if you want to talk things through with them at any point of your treatment, whether you wish to discuss your prostate cancer, oesophageal cancer or anything else that comes to your mind.

I hope everything goes well for you. Keep us updated if you get a chance!

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator