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WooHoo!! WooHoo!! Yay!! Scan results
Got scan results. No evidence of disease. Next scan six months from now. Drs. pleased. Now, he can have his shoulder surgery on Monday. Has endured all of this with a torn shoulder rotator cuff. I hope Bill's continuing improvement is of hope to others on this journey. It is difficult, but there can be moments of great…
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Vince's Pet Scan results
Hi Everyone. Well we got the results back today from Vince's Pet Scan and everything is stable. No better no worse. This is what it said. 1) No significant interval change compared to the previous study from 12-08-10 2) Tracer uptake is present along the posteromedial aspect of the right pleurawith standard uptake values…
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caregivers
My husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the age of 58 almost two years ago. Having lived a healthy lifestyle, came as a shock but dealing OK. However, as a caregiver, it has been very difficult and wondering how other's have coped with it.
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Scan news
John has had a really tough week. He got his chemo treatment a week ago monday. He had a few reactions while recieving it. It pretty much went down hill from there. He had no appetite and no energy. On friday he was in emergency getting hydrated. Still eating very little on monday we thought maybe a feeding tube would…
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Thank you William & Loretta & Everyone pray for us
I am a nervous wreck. Vince just left to go to Gainesville for his PET scan. His friend took him and its an hour and a half drive. He is barely eating a thing so needs the JTUBE.All the prayers everyone has going please help us out today.Vince and I need you guys and I so appreciate all everyone has written and done for us…
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Steve is going to surgery
What a year its been, but we finally got a surgery date. There is no visible tumor on the inside of the esophagus, the PET says no mets to other organs. Surgery is scheduled for Feb. 16th. We are both excited and scared at the same time, but know this is the best option. The surgeon is very good. I have heard many good…
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Herceptin
How do you know if you are Her-2 Positive. Is it in the Neu part of the CBC blood test. If you are high does it mean you can get Herceptin? I have tried to look it up and can't find info Thank you Pray for Vince please His Pet Scan is tomorrow. Love barb
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Questions
In early May 2010 my father was diagnosed with Stage III(a) adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. He went to the doctor because he was having trouble swallowing his food. As he said, food would "get stuck" and he would have to spend 10-15 minutes clearing it (or waiting for it to go down). As it turns out, this problem was due…
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Monster storm heading for our backyard
We're right outside of Chicago...NW IN and they are predicting 20+ inches of snow...which in my opinion is 20+ too much.... We're as ready as we can be...just so the electricity stays on....if not, well there are three dogs here...so that's one for each of us to cuddle with. Our newest boy just arrived from Mobile...I…
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My fiance is Stage 4 EC met to liver...
My fiance has Stage 4 met to his liver (two lesions 2cm each). Esophagectomy 4/2009, also due to familial polyps had a 80% colectomy 2/2010 and misc pancreatic area biopsies of polyps 11/2010 and diagnosed stage 4 right before Christmas with a prognosis of 3-5 years. To this day he is 6' and 130lbs. He is on 3 types of…
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Need all the Help I can get (including Second Opinions)
Hi, I am new to the board, but I need some help. I am as scared and distraught as many of the members here. My dad is suffering from Stage IV Esophageal Cancer with Mets to his liver. He has been going for chemotherapy at Sloan Kettering and so far the chemotherapy has not been working. They are saying it is Terminal and…