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Oesophageal & Gastric Cancer

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Diet and Cancer

I did this post in reply to anothers but thought it may be useful to more people so am posting it here as well, hope it helps. I have been studying diet for...

I did this post in reply to anothers but thought it may be useful to more people...

•7 years ago

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omeprazole not working anymore

I have been taking nexium/omprazole for about 9/10 years now and that fixed it there was never a issue but now its getting bad at first it was just me needing...

I have been taking nexium/omprazole for about 9/10 years now and that fixed it t...

•7 years ago

Oesophageal Blog of my journey

Hi all After reading lots of the questions here I thought that a blog I did of my journey through this cancer may be of help to those just diagnosed and going...

Hi all After reading lots of the questions here I thought that a blog I did of m...

•7 years ago

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After the needs survey

did this to see how I am doing and how the rest of the community are doing. Well here are my thoughts. I am post op nearly 6 years, generaly doing ok but still...

did this to see how I am doing and how the rest of the community are doing. Well...

•7 years ago

Achalasia Spasms

With thanks to the staff in the OPA office we now have a new poll. This is to try and gain a better understanding of the spasms that can cause so much...

With thanks to the staff in the OPA office we now have a new poll. This is to ...

•7 years ago

Ughhhhhh, it's back!

Hi I am at present waiting for a hip replacement.....I have severe osteoarthritis. I have fibromyalgia and gerd/Gord. Anyway, a couple months ago, I had a...

Hi I am at present waiting for a hip replacement.....I have severe osteoarthriti...

•7 years ago

Update

Hi I thought I would let all the nice people who answered my post about my husbands diagnoses. . We saw the consultant today at the Beatson and she explained...

Hi I thought I would let all the nice people who answered my post about my husba...

•7 years ago

Anyone waiting for Nissen Surgery?

Hi, Just wondering if anyone on here is due to have Nissen surgery and their thoughts & feelings pre op! Thanks Ceri

Hi, Just wondering if anyone on here is due to have Nissen surgery and their th...

•7 years ago

The wait is nearly over

Well Friday is the day we get the results of husbands investigations. He has continued to lose weight, but that it purely down to not eating much as he cannot...

Well Friday is the day we get the results of husbands investigations. He has co...

•7 years ago

Nissen Fundoplication GERD

Hi guys, I'm having a Nissen Fundoplication 1st September & im wondering if anyone has had it done or is waiting to have it done? My is due to severe acid...

Hi guys, I'm having a Nissen Fundoplication 1st September & im wondering if any...

•7 years ago

Chemo or surgery

Hi This is my first post, shortly I have to make the decision of my treatment for Oesophageal cancer, it is an Adenocarcinoma T2N1. I am 78 and reasonably......

Hi This is my first post, shortly I have to make the decision of my treatment fo...

•7 years ago

New diagnosis stomach cancer

Hi. I have just been diagnosed with stkmach cancer. I will have a PET scan on Thursday to see exactly what we're dealing with. The doctor has already indicated...

Hi. I have just been diagnosed with stkmach cancer. I will have a PET scan on Th...

•7 years ago

Thankyou to everyone on here

I joined this forum around 3-4 weeks ago and would just like to say thankyou to all the members for your support and good advice given to me, i have been...

I joined this forum around 3-4 weeks ago and would just like to say thankyou to ...

•7 years ago

3rd Endoscopy

Hi everyone, just had 3rd Endoscopy that showed up islands of Barretts Epithelium in lower Oesopagus & on the diagnosis it says Barretts Mucosa so does that...

Hi everyone, just had 3rd Endoscopy that showed up islands of Barretts Epitheliu...

•7 years ago

Barium swallow

Hi all again i had my barium swallow done 1 week ago and have received the results this afternoon they were clear but just hoping the endoscopy nxt friday will...

Hi all again i had my barium swallow done 1 week ago and have received the resul...

•7 years ago

Dads op looming

Hi my dad has t3n1m0 gullet cancer and is scheduled for an osphegectomy at the RVI Newcastle next week. Currently my dad s eating and drinking is back to...

Hi my dad has t3n1m0 gullet cancer and is scheduled for an osphegectomy at the R...

•7 years ago

High dose or not

Hello every one, I take 40mg in the morning & 40mg at night its controls my acid reflux but is it a high dose or not, also what is the long term effects or...

Hello every one, I take 40mg in the morning & 40mg at night its controls my acid...

•7 years ago

Acid becoming a major problem

I've suffered from GORD for several years but I found it could be regulated easily by avoiding certain foods ... Then 2 years ago I had my gall bladder removed...

I've suffered from GORD for several years but I found it could be regulated easi...

•7 years ago

Acid reflux

My husband recently had a peg removal after several months being fed by bag he has been eating very well for three months had peg removed 2weeks ago. Then...

My husband recently had a peg removal after several months being fed by bag he h...

•7 years ago

Ph bravo test . Info pls

Hi .. im interested in a ph Bravo test to determine ph levels in my oesoph. I am 60 currently have reflux take omeprazole and have hiatus hernia. Any one got...

Hi .. im interested in a ph Bravo test to determine ph levels in my oesoph. I a...

•7 years ago

Stomach pain and vomitting

Hi there my dad is 3 mo post op still can't really eat or drink. He has been having these episodes of horrible stomach pain and then vomits to help relieve...

Hi there my dad is 3 mo post op still can't really eat or drink. He has been hav...

•7 years ago

New Stomach Cancer Treatment in a Clinical Trial, Phase 3

Hello, I am new here but I wanted to share with you some useful sources of information about new treatments and clinical trial. FindMeCure is a patients'...

Hello, I am new here but I wanted to share with you some useful sources of infor...

•7 years ago

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Oranges are not the only fruit

Hi guys. We've just had the pre-chemo pep talk and have been told my husband can't eat oranges during chemo as they interfere with the drugs - make them too...

Hi guys. We've just had the pre-chemo pep talk and have been told my husband can...

•7 years ago

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Can't eat or drink

Hi all This is my first post so please bear with me. Four months post opp and having terrible trouble eating food seems to stick in my new osophagus for ever...

Hi all This is my first post so please bear with me. Four months post opp and ha...

•7 years ago

Weight loss

Hi. 5 months post op . Was 11s 9 now down to just under 10 stone. Eating ok but can't put on weight. Feel like skin and bones. Any suggestions. Regards

Hi. 5 months post op . Was 11s 9 now down to just under 10 stone. Eating ok but ...

•7 years ago

oesophegeal spasms ?

hi, i have a compressed oesophagus , not from cancer ,but this site is the closest site for help i can find .and have kindly been told on here i share similar...

hi, i have a compressed oesophagus , not from cancer ,but this site is the close...

•7 years ago

Advise needed .

Hi I wonder if anyone can give me advice . My husband has cancer of the oesophegus he had his last test on Wednesday an laparoscopy to see the tumour from an...

Hi I wonder if anyone can give me advice . My husband has cancer of the oesopheg...

•7 years ago

How do I know if I am healing?

Hi all, I am 3 weeks in to being diagnosed with severe erosive oesophagitus. I'm on 40mg of omeprazole and ranitidine before bed. I have made all the necessary...

Hi all, I am 3 weeks in to being diagnosed with severe erosive oesophagitus. I'm...

•7 years ago

Really lost - Seeking some advice

Dear all, I have some strange symptoms for 3 years now and doctors seems incapable to find what is wrong. Would love some advice. Symptoms: - I have...

Dear all, I have some strange symptoms for 3 years now and doctors seems incapab...

•7 years ago

Three attacks of GORD in last week,lungs,ears and chest very painful.

HI all,despite being on Lansoprazole 30mg twice a day I have had 3 bouts of acid reflux this last week. I have no warning signs of an attack and wake choking...

HI all,despite being on Lansoprazole 30mg twice a day I have had 3 bouts of aci...

•7 years ago

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