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Dad and esophageal cancer...
Hi my name is Shar I am now taking care of my dad after his surgery. My dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer last sept. and had done chemo up to Nov. My dad had his esophagogastrectomy, with regional lymph node dissection. I got his pathology report and really don't understand it much. Dr. did say after surgery that it…
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Betty just saw your question about my mentor
Hi Betty, Did not see your question on the board about my mentor till now. My cancer drs pick a survivor who had the same kind of cancer and things in common with you and assign them as a mentor. Mine is a wonderful 75 yr old lady named Mary who calls me and answers any questions I have about the surgery and her recovery.…
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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.…
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Status Report on Al
Hi All, Thank you all for your prayers!!!They have been answered. He is being admitted to Shadyside Hospital this afternoon. They are going to have the neurosurgeon look at his back and hopefully fix it before his is discharged. He will also be getting the radiation treatment started,,They figured out that this is the best…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Complementary Medicine-- Experience?
Hello. My father was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He has an appointment with the oncologist tomorrow to further discuss his prognosis and treatment plan. He is not eligible for surgery because the cancer has advanced to his arm. He is a non Hodgkins lymphoma cancer survivor and has been cancer free for 30…
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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
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Esophageal cancer RESEARCH!!! Lets GO!
Hi all---my EC CSN friends that are so intimately affected by EC. I don't want to repeat my (and my dad's) whole story bc it is so similar to all of yours and we are all in this together.---but if you want more info---just ask- :) I have been very involved in my dad's journey with EC and know it is far from over. I have…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…