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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for December 2012

James has passed
James, my partner of 16 years and parent to our three children, India (4) Remy (6) and Talin (8), passed away on December 16. He was diagnosed late August last year, so a 15 month battle in all. James was surrounded by his family when he passed, and in the end it was peaceful and painless. We are all so very sad that he…
Chemo & Heart Problems
Hello, My mother who is 87 years old has been getting chemo for almost 2 years. Now the chemo has caused a new problem, namely, heart problems. The session before last she was given chemo (5 FU) in the morning. In the evening she had a fast heart rate (over 100 beats per minute). She slept without telling me of the…
Dad newly diagnosed in Boston
Hi friends, My 63 year old dad was diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer this week. It's been a roller coaster with Christmas and having to wait the extra days for results. He is in Boston and is being treated at the Dana Farber Center at Brigham and Women's hospital. Anyone have info on this facility? He is being…
Melinda's Port Removed
Melinda's port was removed this morning. We arrived at the hospital at 6:oo am. Her surgery was at 8:25 am. She was discharged at 9:45 am. She didn't have any problems, although she has a nice 2-inch incision on her left shoulder. She rested/slept most of the afternoon, before having turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie.…
Bailey1459's daughter
My mom used to post here for three years. Just wanted to let everyone know that someone who also used to post here, William Marshall, his wife Loretta who was a great contributor to this site was stricken with peritoneal carcinomatosis during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Her husband Bill is a 10 year survivor of EC dating…
SaraRoss we are moving you to the top so you don't get lost in the middle of a long post
SaraRoss posted on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 5:00pm Please share your journey My cousin was just recently dianosed with ec that met with the liver. I am looking for survival stories that can help give us some hope.
Best Friend Fighting Stage 3 Throat Cancer
So my best friend was diagnosed with stage 3 throat cancer in the middle of my semester in school this fall. I live 3 hours south of her. It's really been rough. I have felt horrible about not being able to be there for her during this time so I've tried to be there in other ways. Sending her cards and trinkets in the mail…
in treatment but looking for best surgeon
Hi All, This is my first time posting to this site. My husband, Paul, was diagnosed with Stage II T3NO EC in October 2012. We live in South Jersey and he is currently being treated with chemo and radiation at Fox Chase Cancer Center in PA. Treatment is scheduled to end January 4. The surgeon at Fox Chase, Dr. Walter Scott,…
Planned CSN Outage
CSN will be down from 9 pm Eastern Time Thursday (tomorrow) until 9 am Eastern Time Friday getting a badly needed software upgrade. You will notice a few formatting changes and enhancements. Most importantly, site functionality should improve significantly. Regards, Greta aka Your CSN staff
Thinking of all of you at this time
I am thinking about all of you, especially at this time of the year, some of you will remember me and the new ones will not. I lost my husband, age 56, to this cancer on September 15,2009, then my dear mother a week later on September 24, 2009. Although I do not post much on here anymore, I do occasionally get on and read…
Follow up scans
So, we (my husband) had a stage 3 diagnosis in May, chemo and radiation May and June, a minimally invasive esophagectomy in August. The scan before surgery showed no active cancer, the pathology report after surgery showed no active cancer. They said come back in three months for another scan. That was last week, the scan…
Where is William W. Marshall
I have not been on this board for 2 months. I noticed that William is not present here, something happened to him? My husband, diagnosed in December 2011 with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, has just done tests, and we are a little disappointed. Tumor markers came out slightly higher. We have an appointment with CT in…
Taxol (Not Tamoxifen)
Sorry I posted the message below saying that my mother was going to receive Tamoxifen. But in fact she will be receiving Taxol. Does anyone have any info regarding Taxol. Hello, I wanted to ask for your help. My 87 year old mother has had esophageal cancer for almost 2 years. When she was diagnosed she was told that the…
Tamoxifen
Hello, I wanted to ask for your help. My 87 year old mother has had esophageal cancer for almost 2 years. When she was diagnosed she was told that the cancer had spread outside of the esophagus to multiple lymph nodes. So she has been receiving palliative care. She had radiation once (for only 3 weeks) and received chemo…
New to EC board but not to cancer.
Hi all. I usually post on the lung cancer board but a recent Barrett's Esophagus has me checking in here. For the last 26 months I have been dealing with lung cancer and the after effects of treatment. The last couple of days I lurked about here but tonight (this am?) I see the three top posts mentioned Barrett's so I dove…
Metabolomics
metabolomics is the "systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind" Urinary metabolomics identified discrete metabolic signatures that clearly distinguished both Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer from controls. The metabolite expression profile of esophageal…
A long overdue Update on Dave
I wish I could write more positive news, but we are 10 weeks post-op surgery on Monday and STILL not home. Actually I can say that he is now out of Hopkins and in rehab, but I doubt he'll be home for Christmas. Dave has beat incredible odds and weathered post op complications that we never dreamed of, but he still has a…
So many new people; so many unusual circumstances
I read the posts with the idea of offering some personal experience information as a caregiver, but I am overwhelmed. There are so many new Stage IVs or Stage IIIs with complications. Some are not getting the protocol I understand to be the latest approach, and I don't understand why. Sometimes I think I read that the…
Mayo clinic Rochester
I am curious if any longer term survivors have experience with mayo Rochester? I live in Iowa and was initially stage 3 with 7 lymph nodes involved. I had a second opinion at Iowa City. My initial chemo and radiation was done locally and successful THE surgery at Iowa City, but now I have 7 more lymph nodes involved which…
Scan today
Paul had his first post surgery scan this morning. We get the results on Friday. Confident it will be fine but starting to understand the scan anxiety that I’ve been hearing about.
esophagus cancer and trouble with it closing up after surgery
Hello, My sister had esophagus cancer. She had surgery about a year ago. They took out part of the esophagus and took half of her stomach and pulled it up the remaining esophagus. Long story short. She has been having problems with the esophagus closing up on her. She has alot of scar tissue which was cause after her…
Caregivers are special
I would like to say some things about caregivers, especially mine. Being a caregiver to someone who has cancer has to be one of the toughest things in the world. My caregiver, my husband, was absolutely the best caregiver in the world. It was truly a fact that I didn’t have cancer, WE had cancer. He was there beside me…
Please Help
Esophageal Cancer HELP My Husband was diagnosed at (T3 N1 Mo) in August tumor at GE junction 2.8cm inoperable he finished chemo Oct-22 and 28 rounds radiation ending November 2 on one medical document he wrote T3NoMX and another he wrote T3N1MO when ask he said there is no way of knowing for sure if its X or O ??? Why put…
My Idol/Best friend/Dad has passed
Just letting those of you that were kind to answer my questions throughout dad's struggle with Esophageal cancer that he has passed. After a cruel 12 months battle with this terrible disease he left us on the 12th August, 2012. We did remain positive all through his battle and never once thought that he wouldn't beat it, I…
change of chemo
my husband diagnosed August 2012 with EC Stage IV with liver mets. had radiotherapy for tumour at base of esophagus which seems to be controlled and has had 3 lots of chemo for liver mets - cisplatin & fluorouracil (5FU). had a rescan on tuesday but appears tumours on both lobes have got bigger we could not believe it, my…
My mom died from EC 11/25/12
My mama died of EC last Sunday I spent her last week with her in a Hospice day and night until this disease took her. I watched her struggle like a fish out of water taking her last breaths. She died at 3:38 am I have woke up at 3:25 to 3:37 every morning since. I am severely depressed. I have no will to live. I just do…

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