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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for April 2010

Pray for my dad
Long story will update later, my dad had a cardic arrest due to trouble breathing he is stable now and in the ICU, they found whats causing the fluid in the lungs, there is a hole on the side of his esogus which is spilling into the lungs. Which is why he is not getting better, He is under going surgery to have a stent put…
Scan results
Today I received the results from my PET and C/T scans. They both came back clear. Oncologist gave me a 99.999% bill of health. They did see two small (8mm) spots in the chest area. I now go next week to a new Doctor to get opinion on if I need radiation to rule out the two spots 100%. This all means that I have two more…
Pain question...
Since Lyle has had the stent put in his esophagus he has more hiccups followed my pain in his chest. Eating is better...but sometimes the pain is very intense. In my opinion, it seems the pain is increasing since we are almost 3 weeks into treatment. Has this been true for anyone else? Lyle wants to be independant as much…
radiation treatment with a pacemaker.
have t1 on right vocal cord also have pacemaker,on left. What dangers are there? What do I need to do? Good luck and prayers to everyone.
headed out to oncologist on tuesday
So we will be traveling from Mississippi to Houston Texas so my dad can be seen at M.D. Anderson. The process is just getting started and we are scared to death!
my dad's battle
Just thought I'd update you all on my dad. Things are quickly declining for him. He was in the hospital for 2 days, they are still in California. They discharged him and I have told my mom it is time to let him go. He has suffered for so long and is just so miserable. So, hospice has been called in and they are taking good…
Dad is still in Hospital.
Well he spent the easter in the hospital and as he says his holiday home. So far he has spent every holiday in the hospital since the DX in November. Well he is still having issues breathing, they have his O2 on 10. He is getting breathing treatments every 2 hrs. The weezing his getting better. He is on 3 different…
Round 1 of Chemo finished
I wanted to give a quick update on my Dad and also ask a question. Round 1 of my Dads chemo ended Friday. He stayed in the hospital for the full 5 days of receiving chemo, his chemo medicine is 5FU and Cisplatin. He also received week 1 of radiation, has 4 more weeks to go of radiation, he will be admitted back in to the…
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello to all my CSN family, I just wanted to post a little HAPPY EASTER TO ALL, what a year it has been not just for me but for everyone on this board. I hope everyone enjoys their day with their loved ones, family friends, soul mate significant other etc. We all are family on this board and to you all here hope everyone…
We got the best results this morning!
My husband's ct scans showed no cancer anywhere. The esophagus is clean and so are the rest of the organs. We are truly blessed this Good Friday. His diagnosis was in August, Stage IV with one met to a lymph node under his clavicle, non operatable. He qualified for a clinical trial using the chemo drug Erbitux. I don't…
T2 staged cancer
Hello Everyone, Three weeks ago I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer.I have had barrettes syn drone since my late forties and now at 61 I was found to have T2 stage cancer.It was found during a routine endoscopy.I had a ct-scan,pet scan and ultrasound done.I am schedule for an esophagectomy on April 12.I live in…
Yet again, and an update on ct results
Dad had his ct scan on the 30th. He went yesterday for the results. Well ever since his ct scan he has been having alot of issues with mucus. So yesterday he goes to the Onc dr, his hr was low and so was his bp. He had 3 rounds of chemo and they were going to discuss his next step yesterday but he got sick instead. so they…
ITS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE DIAGNOSED AND I JUST WANT TO SHOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello everyone, I don't post much but I have to share this, One year ago today Jeff was diagnosed with this ugly disease we call CANCER, little did I know that i would be on this board. As many of you are aware we started Chemo in April, May, and June, a full esophojectomy in July, spent 12 days in ICU, not knowing if he…
new here. for my dad
My name is Angela and I'm 25. My poor dad has been through so much. He is 59, and six years ago he had a bad stroke that left him unable to communicate... however, he has never let that get him down, and still goes on walks, cooks, and lives a happy life. He started hurting a few months ago and we figured his reflux was…
Prayers please
My husband will get the results of his last week's CT scan on Good Friday. His last endoscope end of Novemember showed the tumor was gone and the one in the lymph node was not active. He's gained back all the weight he lost during chemo and radiation...and has felt fine. In fact he went golfing today and is going again…

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