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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for January 2011

Tom's chemo starts next Wednesday
All he did was a put a call into Dr. Campbell and he called back early this morning...and Tom told him, he's coming back to the U of C and his doctors for his chemo. Dr. C was delighted...told him " I like you...and thanks for trusting us so much". He went and ran errands while I cleaned...I hate cleaning...and I was…
Tumor or ulcer?
Two months ago I sought medical advice regarding chest and back pressure. A CT scan indicated an esophageal mass. Since then, one doctor feels it is an ulcer. Another feels it is cancer. After two CT scans, three endoscopies (two ultrasound and one with fine needle aspiration), the jury is still out. Although all biopsies…
Tom will go back to U of C for his next chemo round..this afternoon was a disaster
We went to meet with the liason dr from the U of C...like 5 mins from our house...waited 2 hours...no one called to say come later..or we could of had lunch. I watched Tom carefully as the dr said..this is what his U of C recommended but later he would DEPART and then just consult them...on what he would do...Still no…
Update on Diana and I
Hello everyone that we know and hello to all the new members. We are doing pretty good. The holidays were very tough, first we lost Ed, then my Mom, then Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Diana's 23rd birthday and then Ed's birthday this past monday. He would of been 57 years young. There were alot of those…
Jim's surgery in morning-Please Pray
Jim has his MIE in the morning at 7am Pacific time. I feel numb right now as I write this. We have waited so long for this and yet I am fearful of the results. I want him to live through the surgery and be cancer free. I feel greedy after reading so many of the other posts. Jim is in the hospital and they have sped up his…
Transferred my medical care from Tufts to Dana Farber - Boston
Hi, I met Monday with Dada Farber in Boston and immediately transferred my medical care to Dana Farber. Dana Farber specializes not only in Cancer, but is espophageal cancer. My Primary Doctor is Dr Kimmie Ng, smart focused and caring. At Tufts, the Radiation oncologist, and MD had seven patients with EC, Dr. Ng said, "a…
After the holidays
This has been an awful day for me. I was taking down Christmas decorations and I felt to pieces. I was sad angry hopeless everything all at once. I hated to think that there may be a Christmas without my loving husband. John was given the sad news October 2009 but we knew he had it since July 2009 when the symptoms…
discouraged and frightened
I had initially joined your discussion back in June and have found it to be most supportive and educational. This is my first post to your site. My 69 year old husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer stage 1VB back in March. He had never had any health issues up to that time and led a fairly active healthy lifestyle.…
I am sick at Heart
Yesterday Vince, my husband, had another 5 liters of fluid drained off his abdomen.He had had 5 drained off 2 weeks ago. The cystology report came back and there are malignant cells in the fluid. This is just so hard. We are going to our local oncologist in Blairsville, Georgia and he will have his 5th chemo cocktail on…
This is my first post...My husband has EC...
My dear husband was diagnosed with esophageal carcinoma this past December. The pathology report revealed invasive moderately to poorly differentiated adencarcinoma. Subsequent biopsy reports confirmed two spots on the liver were also positive, hence the stage IV status. Yikes! This all began when my 63 year old hubby had…
I hate esophageal cancer, it's hurting my daddy.
My father was diagnosed with with esophageal cancer over 3 years ago. We thought he had beaten the monster, however it came back it a vengeance. His neck began hurting about 6 months ago, and the PET scan discovered a small hairline fracture in his neck vertebre. We were worried but relieved it was only a fracture. He…
Did you see the news about Blood Test to Detect CANCER???!!!!!
Check out the link below: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110103/HEALTH/110103038/Blood+test+to+spot+cancer+gets+big+boost+from+J&J
Chemo and Radiation... What to Expect
My dad (age 75) was diagnosed with Stage IVb EC last November. Because of the Medicare HMO plan he was on, things have been moving at a very slow pace. Several road blocks have also been put in our way in the form of request denials and a laughable number of oncologists within network. There has been no treatment, though…
Happy New Year
Hello, Happy 2011 to all my Ec family. In Jan. 2008, I had just had my first chemo treatment. Even though things were looking pretty bleak, I came to realize just how important each day is.. Even on the days I was extremely sick and weak , I would remind myself the treatment was neccesary and the bad would pass. I prayed…
Oriontj's post yesterday made me gasp...at first... but still offers hope
It's not that I haven't felt just as bad for everyone else here who has posted about disappointing results, but, you see, Oriontj's April 2, 2010, post, which I printed out and taped to my wall nine months ago, is the first one I read after I was finally, officially, staged IVB (on April 1st – haha), incurable and…

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