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OPA Palliative Care & Guidance

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A message from OPA Cancer Charity

We want to let you know that as of next week, the OPA Palliative community will ...
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Paclitaxel and going away for a few days

We hope to be away for 3 nights over Christmas but 2 of those days will be when ...
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Husbands Oesophagus Cancer Diagnosis. No hope

My wonderful husband has been diagnosed with oesophagus cancer. He's been told,...
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End of Life Care Plan: Where to Start?

In this article you can find out the difference between palliative and end of li...
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Marie Curie - Online Chat

This Charity helps with an available online chat, telephone chat and much more. ...
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Give some hope

Son is only having chemotherapy palliative for stage 4 oesophageal cancer . Is t...
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Stage 4 in the young males

Can anyone help my son has been diagnosed with stag 4 oesophageal cancer does an...
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Selective Internal Radiation Therapy

Has anyone any experience of having SIRT treatment for secondaries in the liver?...
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Stage 4 oesophageal cancer

Hi all. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 oesophageal cancer last November t...
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Possible Secondary cancer after 18 months IL op

Hi, I would like to join the Charlie’s Circle group to seek fellow members’ supp...
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Can you help with a short survey?

As you may know we are working in partnership with RefluxUK to strengthen our me...
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Newbie near Jax Fl

I have not seen an oncologist yet as I just received the results of a biopsy las...
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NotGivingUp

Young mum with advanced gastric cancer, which was misdiagnosed for 7 months as I...
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Newbie!

Hi all A gastroscopy has revealed a large ulcer at the upper part of my stomach....
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Recurrence- please help.

So finally we get to the bottom of it and I have recurrence. Chemo might be an o...
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Depression

Hi, my husband has a nj feeding tube as he is unable to swallow due to the tumou...
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Why is this group called Charlie's Circle?

Thanks to liz_crisp for posting the link to this group on the OPA group - I had ...
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High dose radiotherapy

Hi my husband has been diagnosed four months now, he was at the stage where all ...
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Barretts

Do you bad back ache with barretts
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Jackhammer esophogus/bowels ?.

How can I keep my bowels clear because if there is anything in there it’s not be...
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Dendritic cell therapy for EC

Hi, Does anyone have experience on dendritic cell therapy for esophageal cancer...
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Post op ct scans

I had a full gastrectomy in July 2016..How often should I be having ct scans ? ...
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Biopsy results

I had a full gastrectomy on July 13th at St James hospital Leeds . My journey ha...
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A list of books and places for information

This is a list that some of you may find useful, provided by Peter with his com...
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Irritation of esophagus.

Hello all. I have a question that somebody might be able to answer. My esophagus...
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Laryngectomy support

Hi there, I am my brothers carer and we live 12 miles outside Belfast, Northern ...
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In My Bed

This might be of interest. It comes from Sydney, Australia, and is a doctor re...
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Existing Heart condition then EC

Asking for another from the US. Any have an existing heart condition and then di...
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Stomach pains

My husband has oespgegous cancer with liver mets. His liver is enlarged and he ...
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Ellie's Friends

This may be of interest. Ellie's Friends (making the big C smaller) have a num...
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The Oesophageal Patients Association (OPA) aims to support those who have undergone, or may undergo, surgery a...

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