Peter Browne shares his experience of oesophageal cancer.
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- Peter Browne who is an uilleann pipe player, traditional music teacher and lecturer and a keen music enthusiast, and who for four decades was an RTÉ radio presenter and producer, shares his experience of oesophageal cancer.
Since my mother died due to esophageal cancer at age 36 (life-long healthy non-drinker and non-smoker), I like to keep tabs on the development of treatments and outcomes. I'm glad that Peter is fine after all and took the time to share his story.
That said, I feel that the statement about habits was uncalled-for and patronizing. People are humans. Humans have habits. It's literally none of his business how others feed their particular nucleus accumbens, and they aren't mere idiots for it. It's how we function. More especially so, since he's been drinking and smoking for decades himself and at that point, it was obviously not "ridiculous" and "common sense" to him. Don't judge lest you be judged.
Glad Peter is ok and got his diagnosis early!
Unfortunately, not all of the symptoms and red flags don't necessarily mean that you have barretts or cancer.
I've had gastric issues since 1986 and had a Fundoplication in 2012, which only halted things for just over two years.
In 2017, I started having problems swallowing the simplest of things, but my GPs weren't worried, but I was and kept returning to the GPs with a worsening problem.
In March 2018, I was finally taken seriously after seeing a new GP at the practice. I was put on the NHS 2WW referral path for suspected Lymphoma / Oesophageal / head and neck cancer.
I have since been classed as having a benign condition (massive reflux damage, strictures, a Oesophageal fistula, inability to swallow properly, vomiting and regurgitation), and have had endless OGDs, botox and multiple balloon dilations.
My future is basically very bleak with a total Oesophagectomy on the horizon, and yet I don't have cancer, but the end is same surgically.
I started getting heart burn symptoms after intermittent fasting. i hope it's something i don't have to worry about. i don't have health insurance.
i am going to stop intermittent fasting for now and see what happens.
He had ablation in June, and a tumor was then seen in September, which wasn't there in June. Any time you disturb cancer cells, through surgery, biopsy, or ablation, you risk spreading the cancer.
Very true, I wish more people were aware of it.