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I'm new to this & I'm just starting to reach out for help. I will be phoning the Cancer help line on Monday to see what they can tell me. My husband has cancer of the oesophagus & after nearly six months of Chemo we've just received his results which were not good. I feel his Oncologist has abandoned us saying there are no secondary treatments for oesophagus cancer. The oncologist said he will moniter my husband over the next few months & also make inquiries to see if he can get him into a clinical trial. Is there anyone out there who knows about cancer of the oesophagus?

I want to praise the Cancer Council of QLD as I had help from the counselling service. Prior to that when I rang to enquire about it I was on the phone for over an hour and a half. It was good to be able to get it all out -fears, questions ,doubts etc.talking at length to an understanding person and having my feelings validated. Friends and family try to help and many did, but sometimes their comments show that they really do not understand.

I was ten days shy of six year remission mark. I started to feel unwell, night sweats, fatigue, itchy skin etc. Rang my oncologist to get earlier appointment. Its back again. Had PET scan yesterday and Peter Mac hospital put it on a disk. My sister and her husband kept being dismissive. Saying well I had a lump it was benign, I get hot at night and have fan on every night etc, etc. So I showed them my PET scan and they just went "Oh Shit". Few more tests this week and chemo should be start in about two weeks with a stem cell transplant as well.

Hi There We have recently had another person who is enthusiastic about diets changes, supplements etc., making suggestions to the site. It is their right to do so and I would defend that. I would also suggest a bit of rationality. Many of these dietary suggestions have a lot in common - avoid meat; high amounts of fruit and vegetables; lots of 'organic' foods and swallowing lots of juices made from all sorts of vegetables. No sugar, bread, pasta, tea and coffee, alcohol and dairy products. Add to that lots of multivitamins and mineral substances and herbals supplements.

I finished chemo 3 weeks ago. When I started 4 months seemed like forever but now it is over. I am relieved but not as relieved as I thought I would be. I guess that is because I still have some side effects and also I am going to have a mastectomy in the next few weeks so now I am starting to worry about that. I had put off thinking about that until chemo was done.