Hi Raelene I can't really help with this one as my dads monitoring of his cancer during his battle was very different, pet scans and blood tests. I would suggest calling the oncology department and asking for the oncologist to call you. Ask him to explain more clearly. If you're not satisfied I would get another opinion. Cancer can change very quickly. I hope someone on here has been through a similar experience and can help. Dads oncology team didn't clue onto the fact that his cancer had mutated until it was too late. ... View more

Good luck to you both. My dad coped very well with chemo until round 5. Then his nausea gradually became worse but was manageable with the correct anti nausea regime after each iv. His radiation was a little tougher but he had treatments 10 days in a row, radiation however worked wonderfully on the treated areas and relieved a lot of pain rather quickly. Please don't rely on the blood tests as indicators to whether the treatments are working as the results can be misleading. Dad had stage 4 metastatic oesophageical cancer. ... View more

Hi Raelene When they said it was working previously, was that based on blood tests? Michelle ... View more

My dad ended up losing his battle in December last year. We had 7 months from diagnosis until His passing but I truly believe he is in a better place now, no more pain. Knowing that others felt similar to me really helped me through both dads cancer battle and some of the grief afterwards. I feel for everyone out there supporting friends or family with cancer. It's hard, it's cruel and it really takes it out of you, but let your feelings out, share them with others, it does help. I'm still tied up with the administrative side of things, there's so much to be taken care of that we weren't told about. Don't forget to enjoy their company. I stressed too much about dads health that I don't think we spent much quality time together. ... View more

My dad ended up losing his battle in December last year. We had 7 months from diagnosis until His passing but I truly believe he is in a better place now, no more pain. Knowing that others felt similar to me really helped me through both dads cancer battle and some of the grief afterwards. I feel for everyone out there supporting friends or family with cancer. It's hard, it's cruel and it really takes it out of you, but let your feelings out, share them with others, it does help. I'm still tied up with the administrative side of things, there's so much to be taken care of that we weren't told about. Don't forget to enjoy their company. I stressed too much about dads health that I don't think we spent much quality time together. ... View more

I'm finding it really hard too. I look after dads medical side of things. He's terminal but had been responding really well to everything so far but then today our world crashed because the chemo isn't working. It's spread everywhere and there's only months now. I think we can keep going because we love them so much. We know if the situation were reversed they would care for us. I hope that sharing our roller coaster ride on here can help me keep going by reminding me that there are so many others going through similar circumstances. Hopefully we can keep one another stay strong through letting it out to people who get it ... View more