Life after oesophageal cancer: David’s story
Katie Galvin2024-02-29T11:51:54+00:00David Jones-Stanley is a 49-year-old operations director who lives in Wigan. He has been with his husband James for 28 years and the pair have 3 boys – aged 19, 13 and 11. David, who volunteers as a patient representative for the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance was diagnosed with stage 3 food pipe (oesophageal) cancer in October 2021. He didn’t have a lot of the traditional symptoms like heartburn or acid reflux but knew something was wrong when he went to get some ham from the fridge and couldn’t swallow it. He went to his local hospital for an endoscopy [...]