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Apr 18, 2003 - 7:47 pm
Hi! My mom was diagnosed almost 2 years ago and was given chemotherapy to "comfort her". The chemo has done miracles and she now shows hardly any cancer cells. Pretty good for a woman that was pretty much wrote off! Here's the question, she frequently has problems swallowing certain types of food--meat and bread for instance. The food seems to "get stuck" and she ends up throwing up the food and a lot of phlem. This can go on for quite some time. Has anyone else experienced this and will this be something she will always have? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. |
Joined: Mar 2003
Hi My name is Judy and am 55 and am a surviver of esophagus cancer. Had the surgery, cheom/rad. The trouble swallowing is what got me to the dr in the first place. I think your mom sure needs to have a esophoscope to see if there is blockage there. I can't stress enough how important it is to get her to be checked. They can do wonders now to relieve the blockage and get her some help however if there is a turmer etc there it needs to be addressed. Please keep us informed Judy
Joined: Apr 2003
Thanks for replying! Mom's swallowing problems finally got her to go to the doctor's almost 2 years ago now. She has been getting chemo ever since. The tumor was too big to remove and the doctor gave her 6 months to live--that's almost 2 years ago now! Mom just had a CAT scan and it came back normal (no cancer). Could she maybe have a pollup in there?