My brother has  oesophageal cancer and is  having morphia  for  his pain he has a stent  now to  help with  his eating  why has he  got  so much pain  i went through  this with  my  own husband  he had  very little  pain ...how  long can my  brother  go  on like this  its  now  7 mths
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Your brother is a strong person and has been fighting cancer of esophagus for 7 months now. Pain is a subjective sensation and no two people can experience the same degree of pain. In your brother, it is possible that the cancer in the esophagus is irritating surrounding sensory nerves that carry pain sensation. This pain is being transmitted to the higher center in brain and that is why he needs morphine to suppress it. A fight with cancer is allowed to go on as long possible. Your husband might have had a cancer that was less infiltrating the nerves and his pain tolerance was good. In my opinion, cancer patients with stents can live up to over a year on semi-solid and liquid diet and if the cancer does not infiltrate fast inside the stent lumen. Please allow as much pain relief possible after discussing with his doctor,