Dad just been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer

Hi, 

my dad has just recently been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. The only symptom being slight pain when eating and acid reflux no other symptoms are present at the moment. We are hoping it has been caught early and waiting for CT scan results. Has anyone else been in a similar position or what is the next steps is it surgery? Can you fully remove the tumour and recover? 

  • Hi Lea

    Oh I really empathise  I know exactly how you feel. My only advice is to try and reframe the waiting in your mind. For now you get another week of normal days where you don’t have to face your dad’s situation or expect answers. That always helped me. I found the days where Dad had an appointment scheduled to be very difficult and I was so anxious, I still am every time he has a check up, so I try to be grateful for the days inbetween where no news is expected. It allows me to feel peaceful in between and just put off the dealing with it.

    Hope that helps and that you find some kind of peace in the inbetweens x

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    Hi. My partner started flot on Wednesday. Last night he had a really bad night. Sickness and diarrhoea. He said he feels weird. Like floaty. He said his throat feels bruised. I thought side effects would have gone by now.