Hello Dave 

Glad to hear your beating this vile disease , may i ask what treatment you opted for when they told you were stage 4 OC, and where did you recieve your treatment , in the uk ? 

Thank you and carry on feeling well and kicking this cancer back 

Hi Mikkey,

I received EOX chemo on the NHS. 

Thanks :-)

Dave

Hi all as u know my dad was diagnosed on Monday with this type of cancer also he has a letter come yesterday saying he has to go for a scan tomorrow which I’m guessing is to see if the cancer has spread will he be told the results tomorrow 

thanks for reading sending my love to u all xx

Hi Plebbs,

My Oncologist asked me the same question and then said to carry on whatever I was doing.

There seems to be an element of luck involved. I've always had a fairly healthy and balanced diet with no excesses or lack of anything, I've never smoked but have always exercised a bit more than average - mainly dog walking and dinghy sailing these days. I do drink alcohol in moderation, which may be what triggered the OC. I've certainly never been into any of the alternative therapies and have some strong views on people who make fortunes out of peddling everything from tropical seaweed to cbd oil to vulnerable and desperate people. Medicinal cannabis seems to be great for alleviating chemo symptoms and certain types of pain but I'm yet to be convinced it cures cancer. 

The only unconventional thing I did was to fly out to Goa in India as soon as I finished chemo and convalesced on the beach. The worst side effect I had from the chemo was cold intolerance and my chemo coincided with the coldest winter in the UK for decades! 

I have a CT scan every six months to see what's happening. Weirdly I reached stage 4 with none of the traditional cancer symptoms - hence the scans. My GP and I both thought my symptoms were more likely to be a peptic ulcer and I was being scoped for that when a large lump at the bottom of my gullet came into sight. I was watching the screen and guessed straight away what I was looking at. 

Best wishes

Dave

Hello Sweetie73 

Im happy your dad has got swift treatment and a scan quickly , my dad they have left to die i feel , had to chase them for his MRI scan , he got diagnosed on Monday too and he has to wait another 11 days for his scan , im not happy at all with his treatment by the NHS , i just prey he is strong enough to take his treatment . Also do they give you your MRI scan results on the day ? Or do you have to wait for them ?

Hi mikey 

im so sorry to hear about ur dad it was a complete shock for us as dad went to the hospital concerning something else and they found that 

i cant believe your dad has to wait 11 days the waiting is awful 

I have no idea if he will get told his results today but as soon as I know I will post and let you know 

mare u in the uk and if so what part 

I’m worried that he won’t be able to have treatment as he has a number of numbers hinge wrong with him 

a leaky valve and blocked artery which he was told about 3 weeks ago he now needs open heart surgery which I doubt they will do while he has this awful disease 

he has swollen spleen

enlarged liver 

something wrong with his lungs 

also he has no immune system at all so he has to inject himself once a week with immune system 

but the strange thing is dispite everything he has wrong with him he doesn’t look ill at too 

I will let you know once his has scan about results 

Hi Sweetie 

I am absolutely shocked and saddened to hear your dad is in this way , please im very sorry too for you i know what you are feeling . I am finding it very difficult to cope , yes the waiting times and NHS are stretched and it does not help us . This is the worst time of my life . Thank you so much and yes im in London , i hope your dad is in no pain and somehow he beats this disgusting disease . Are you in England too ?

Yes mikey We are Cambridge 

Best of luck today Sweetie , hope all goes well .x