Newly diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and the Fear

Hi I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer last month and I have had a laparoscopy and having an endoscopic ultrasound tomorrow. I wondered if anyone has any ideas how I can help the absolute overwhelming fear that I am experiencing. I am having really bad dreams and hardly sleeping. The smallest mention of cancer on TV sends me into a panic and I am so worried about upsetting my wife and 20 year old son. It seems to never leave my thoughts. 

  • Offline in reply to Rednax

    Wishing your wife a complete and speedy recovery so please op went well

  • Offline in reply to Rednax

    Thats absolutely great news! Its such a hard time going through all of it but so good to know good progress is being made to get your lives back. My son had his op on 1st August, had a few complications, collapsed lung & pneumonia but he's strong so he rallied quickly once the IV antibiotics were given. He had all 4 of the post-op FLOT, finished December 23rd. He looks really well now and is on a clinical trial called Sarong where he has scans every 6 months to monitor things. Wishing continued good recovery to your wife.