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Esophageal Cancer

Lack of appetite with weight loss
My father had esophagectomy with gastric pull-up in 2006. He still has no desire to eat and continues to lose weight. We've tried supplements such as Boost and things like Megase. Any ideas from anyone?
follow up visit tomorrow with surgeon and onc dr.
Hi, Tomorrow I go back to the surgeon for the 1st follow up and they have me down for a chest x-ray and also see the oncologist. I am kind of nervous. Everything has gone well, I am eating and using the J tube trying to gain weight but it is a slow process. Also, I find out about the one bad lymph node, like where it was…
My dad's cancer has spread to his liver/chemo or not?
Hey all here, Yes, my dad's cancer unfortunately has spread to his liver. In the next few weeks we have to decide as a family whether or not to start the chemo treatments. It will be two treatments of irinotecan and cisplatin given through the vain. Has anyone here had this kind of treatment? If so, what side effects did…
how many have port in?
I am thinking of asking my husband's doctor tomorrow if we can get a surg. consult to put in a port., I think this would be much easier for him for chemo, fluids, etc., instead of getting stuck all the time., how many patients actually get this port and are they easier? I am talking about the port that goes into the chest…
Break is over
The break from treatment is over. As some of you may remember my husband completed 6 rounds of chemo and five weeks of radiation. Our Dr. suggested he take December off from treatment to regain strength, enjoy the holidays and we would re group in January. During the break we went for a second opinion and a follow up EDG.…
Al's appt is tomarrow.
Hi All, Al has his appt. tomarrow with the oncologist. I guess we will be finding out what his game plan is. I truely hope that they decide to fix the fracture in his back first. He is barely able to walk around and is in alot of pain. I think that if the fix this first he would be able to handle the chemo and radiation.…
JEFF (PAPA) HAD A SCARE, ANOTHER TRIP TO ER -NEW YEAR DIDN'T START TOO GOOD
Hi all just wanted to share that we had a trip to ER on sunday night, His esophogus is starting to close up again, so the doctor said he will have to have it stretched again, between scar tissue, and surgery it doesn't stay open, so we will be seeing the esophogeal doctor. He ate something and it didn't want to go down.…
Help with food choices
As most of you know, my husband Dan was dx on Dec 4. He has a PET scan on this Thursday. His only option is radiation because he has had two kidney transplants and became diabetic after the second one. He was on a fairly strict diet because of these. Now, he is having a hard time just getting food down let alone trying to…
New to site
My husband was diagnosed with EC in late Nov and thankfully was able to have his surgery on Dec 17th. Our daughter works for an Onc and was very quickly processed through the stageing tests and appts for surgeon. He was in surgery for 12 hours due to the need for certainty that lung nodules found were not malignant. So…
Surgery December 28, 2009
I am scheduled for surgery on December 28th. I was diagnosed in August 2009 with stage III esophageal cancer with no other involvement according all of the scans and an endoscopy. The doctors will be doing an Ivor Lewis and he said if there is cancer on the liver he will close me up-scary. I am hoping I come through the…
A peaceful Holiday Season for all
I hope for everyone on this board whose lives have been taken or touched by ec, peace this Holiday Season. Learning to live for the moment is some times difficult and it takes a crisis to see how it's done. Being thankful for little things, smiling when you really don't feel like it.... We spent Christmas Eve with old…
Chemo ?
For those of you that had/are going thur chemo, did any of you take xeloda, oxaliplatin, and epirubicin? Those are the ones dad is going to receive. Two thur IV and the other in pill form. What were your side effects? Also I have another question. Dad had Surgery 1st followed by chemo. He didnt get chemo first. Why do some…
nausea after gastric pull up
Hi all, I need some help from all of you. My husband had a gastric pull up done on May 1, 2009 as part of his surgery to remove stageIV tumor. Since the surgery he continues to have nausea off and on, usually for days at a time. It affects his desire to eat and he continues to loose weight. The doctors just prescribe…
In Surgery
Hi all. My hubby is in surgery. He went in at 8:29am -- about 1 1/2 hrs. so far. Please say a prayer for everything to go well and for an uneventful recovery. Thank you!! :) Shelly
New to this site
I am a new member on this site, although I have read posts for a couple of weeks. My husband, Jim, was diagnosed on Oct 27 with T3N1M0 at the GE junction. After seeing an oncologist locally, we decided to get a second opinion about the best way to treat this tumor and made an appointment at MD Anderson. Is there anyone on…
clambert (Cathy) is being released from MD Anderson!
She had a couple of struggles but she did really, really well. She is on her way to a friend's home to be cared for, and she'll be in contact when she can! Betty
Nausea
Hi Everyone, I am new to the board. I am a 35 years old and have been a survivor for 3 years. I did not smoke, drink, etc. and had an advanced stage (I think 3) EC. I went through chemo, radiation, and finally an esophagectomy in Dec. 2006. I still suffer from nausea and cannot eat very much at a time. I do take Tygan and…
Thanks to all for your support this year
I want to take the time to thank all of you, especially William, for all the kind words and support. John is recovering nicely now that the infection from the hernia repair is under control. He is eating different foods and tolerating them well. He does have an appetite, and that is good! The news that they got all the…
My dad in hospital
Well, my dad is in the hospital. He has a fever,vomitting and bad chest pains. As of right now all the intestines look fine and it's not his heart. The damn stent is what the problem has to be. The vomitting has stopped for now, but the pain is still there. He's down to 149 pounds now. He has not been eating and REFUSES…
Al
Hi All, My Dr. got a early look at the path report and it is mets. I really don't have much else to say right now. Love you all, Kath
husband very very depressed???
My husband, age 55, was diagnosed with stage four in October. Right from the start, he immediately went into severe depression. We consulted three doctors, all who said it was incurable, all said to do chemo, all had different opinions of what chemo, and right now we are at the end of his second chemo session, cisplastin…
Question here?
So dad had surgery 12/7, Had leak test done and past it. Well come to find out 2 wks later he had a SMALL leak that went unnoticed and caused and infection. So they had to get back in there and clean him out. Run antibotics and they did a scope in the mean time and saw that it was starting to heal it self. His 2nd surgery…
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AND MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL 2010 WITHOUT CANCER
Hello All, I would like to wish all my EC friends a very Happy New Year, Wow what a year it has been, Little did we know that Jeff would be diagnosed with Cancer, in 2009. We all have cried, vented, laughed and expressed our condolences to some we have lost on this site, one in particular is our KITTEN0385, she was always…
New to the Group
I am new to the group but have found so much comfort and encouragement from reading your posts. My husband was diagnosed with EC 7-16-09. He went in for a simple outpatient procedure and came out with a stage III adenocarcinoma in his distal esophagus. I will admit that there were brief periods following that diagnosis…
Update on hubby~
Hi. I have an update on my hubby. He had surgery on Dec. 16th and was discharged on Christmas Eve. We have been staying at his parents house. My hubby's two infections (one in the neck and one in the tummy where the incisions are from surgery) seem to be healing. I have the fun job of unpacking and repacking them with…
Synthetic Saliva
I all, I am new here and am asking a question for my SO who was diagnosed with stage 4 laryengeal cancer 07/17/08 and has had chemo and radiation. He is having such a hard time swallowing and I am wondering if anyone out there knows of a synthetic saliva? I have many more questions but need more time to read some of this…
more info
Thanks for your comments and support. The oncologist, Dr. Rodriguez, at Cleveland gave us some hope! The tumor is into the wall and they think it has spread to only a few lymph nodes, however, she stated that Dan could have radiation since it has not spread further. The next step is to have a Pet scan. If he would have…
Lori, question about Mike, Wild Turkey????
Hi Lori, I tried to ask this in my post but figured better make a separate one. I don't understand what happened to Mike, he was like my partner since he had squamous and was the only one here with the same stage and kind of cancer as myself. I saw his 12/12 posting but have been gone so long can't follow what happened and…
Steve passed away
Steve took a huge turn for the worse yesterday morning. He went back to the hospital on Monday and they admitted him. Tuesday morning he was spitting up brown phlem. But he was up alter talking, joking, etc. So we had the chat about seeing the oncologist on the 29th. He asked me how much more I could take. I told him..lets…
for those who've had surgery-- a few questions?
For those who've had surgery---it seems that tomatoes are supposed to be avoided because of the acid. My dad's favorite foods were always tomato based pasta dishes like spaghetti, lasagna, goulash, etc. If he can't have these, has any one found a substitute they liked? I have heard of Nomato---but don't know if it is any…

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