Oesophageal Cancer

Hi everyone,

 

I'm new here!

 

Basically my dad has been diagnosed within Oesophagus cancer that has spread to the liver. That was back in January/February, he has also been lucky to have chemo since corona virus has kicked off, chemo is the only thing they can do as it has spread. 
He had a scan after 3x rounds of chemo, and it showed the liver and oesophageal tumour has shrunk. Plus he is both eating and drinking fine. 
It's just a worry as he has now had an 8 week break from treatment, then it's more than likely that it will have got bigger/spread again. 
There are so many emotions too with dealing cancer, just praying that it hasn't spread even more etc. 
 

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  • Hello,

    I'm sorry that your dad had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. I was told yesterday that my uncle has been diagnosed with the same and it has also spread to his liver. He's only in his mid 50's and been given 12-18months maybe 2years to live. We are all devastated. Unfortunately due to covid we can't see him as he lives across country. I've been trying to look for positive cases to keep me optimistic. 

    I'm glad your dad was eating and drinking fine and I hope since you wrote that post he has gone from strength to strength. 
     

    We've been told he's having chemo but it's still a new diagnosis. It's all I can think about. Day and night. If you can shed any light on your dad's situation, I would appreciate it. But can also respect that it's hard to talk about. 
     

    Hope you are both doing well 

     

    x

  • Hi 

    I am so sorry for only just replying to you. 
     

    I am so very sorry to hear about your uncle, it's so very sad. 
    My dad is doing incredibly well at the moment, he keeps having regular blood tests and scans and at the moment they are keeping an eye on it.

     

    How is your uncle doing at the moment? I felt exactly the same as you when we found out in February this year. It was a complete abs utter shock and all we could think about and still is. 

    I really hope chemo does your uncle the world of good, keeping his spirits up also helps. It must be so incredibly hard having been there myself. I can promise though that if the chemo works this will help a lot. X 

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  • Hi 

    I am so sorry for only just replying to you. 
     

    I am so very sorry to hear about your uncle, it's so very sad. 
    My dad is doing incredibly well at the moment, he keeps having regular blood tests and scans and at the moment they are keeping an eye on it.

     

    How is your uncle doing at the moment? I felt exactly the same as you when we found out in February this year. It was a complete abs utter shock and all we could think about and still is. 

    I really hope chemo does your uncle the world of good, keeping his spirits up also helps. It must be so incredibly hard having been there myself. I can promise though that if the chemo works this will help a lot. X 

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