Hi Ruth, so sorry you have had this awful news. Its such a shock isnt it. My husband was diagnosed in November, after hiccups and trouble swallowing. It had spread to his lung and lymph nodes. At first I just thought this is it, death, but, have since learnt, (not from medical team) that a lot of people who have even very severe oesophageal cancer go on to live for many years with it, and it is treatable in many ways. My husband is having EOX chemotherapy and doing really well, in January he could only get soup down, now he eats everything and has tons of energy (out painting the fence today!) Please do feel free to come here for any support or questions and am wishing you all the very best of luck for your treatment. 
daisy 

Hi Ruth, so sorry you have had this awful news. Its such a shock isnt it. My husband was diagnosed in November, after hiccups and trouble swallowing. It had spread to his lung and lymph nodes. At first I just thought this is it, death, but, have since learnt, (not from medical team) that a lot of people who have even very severe oesophageal cancer go on to live for many years with it, and it is treatable in many ways. My husband is having EOX chemotherapy and doing really well, in January he could only get soup down, now he eats everything and has tons of energy (out painting the fence today!) Please do feel free to come here for any support or questions and am wishing you all the very best of luck for your treatment. 
daisy 

Thank you so much Daisy.

Wishing you and your husband the best in his treatment. Xxx

Hi Daisy 71, 

This post caught my eye. I am posting mostly now on RayB 's board, but always look out for you elsewhere .

Glad your man is earning his keep. I need to kick mine in the proverbial butt. LOL. I suppose I should be a tad more sympathetic given what he has been through, but hey ho, why would I change a habit of a lifetime giving him 'jobs' to do (:.

Really glad your man has moved on from cottage pie, nice as it can be, full fry ups, steak etc is better. I suppose for us, it was the choice of eating what you wanted was taken away with the clogging, you had to eat what you could rather than what was wanted.

That chemo is amazing when you think about it. Same effect on my husband tumour as yours. Shrank the f*******. down. 
 

We have decided to mark  the end of treatment (for now!) with a new tattoo each. We have almost decided on what and where , but one thing is for sure it won't be of an oesophagus !!! LOL -or maybe we should as a type of eulogy ........... nah

keep the faith

Hilts