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Surgical Recommendations
So, my dad was just diagnosed with Stage III T3N1M0 adenocarcinoma of the EG junction. The oncologist recommneds surgery first, chemo/radiation after. We are referredto Stanford and have an appointment with a surgeon Friday. Anyone with experience with this center? Any recommendations for surgeons? Thanks!
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Hereditary EC
I hope this post finds everyone having the best they can under the circumstances. I haven't posted in 9 months. My dad lost his battle June 15, 2012. My grandfather lost his in November 1984. In the last month, both my dad's brothers have been diagnosed with EC. Staging for the younger was yesterday - Stage IV. I haven't…
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MY BRO
My brother 41 years young was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that they found in his liver. when they first found it they told us 3-5 months with no treatment 6-12 months with kemo treatment. they told us that the cancer had mets and that it did not originate in the liver therfore they were not certain wich type of kemo to…
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Esophageal Oncologist Recommendation
My husband was just diagnosed with T3, stage III EC. Who do you recommend for esophageal oncology, no matter where in the U.S.?
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Larry has question, help!
Larry has terrible abdominal cramping, with or without eating or drinking. Across lower abdomen. It does worsen with eating or drinking. How long does it last? Are there any remedies?
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Larry's Update
Larry has been home now for 10 days and I believe he has finally stabiized. What I mean by this is every morning he seemed to be a little worse than the day before unttil yesterday. It was the first morning that I didn't see a decline. He has lost 38 lbs since his surgery March 22nd. I can't believe that he has managed to…
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Welcome newbies
Welcome, to all the newbies. I haven't checked in for a while and was surprised at all the new ones. I decided to address you all at once. I know how shocking the EC diagnoses was, but know that cancer is not a death sentence. You are all going to go on a rollercoaster , and sometimes you'll think it will never end. We are…
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PATHOLOGY IS FINE!!!!
The path on the nodes came back, NO CANCER!!!! It's a miracle!!! I'm so thankful we fought for dad to get this surgery and thankful that he was a canidate.
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Dry cough
Dad gets to come home today!!!! He has a terrible dry cough any suggestions?
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Any update on Jerry?
I don't know Jerry very well, but learned and enjoyed reading this brave soldier's post. Does anyone have any updates on him?
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New to the site
Today, I finally got up the nerve to post. My husband was diagnosed with Stage IIB esophageal cancer in late Jan 2013. He had been experiencing difficulty with swallowing & vomiting on and off since last summer. It took a blood clot in his calf the day before Thanksgiving to get him to the doctor's office. He experienced a…
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New here, watching dad suffer through EC too
Hi everyone, My name is Denise, and my 69 year old father was diagnosed back in July 2012. I am not sure why it took me so long to post, but everytime I would read the notes here, I just got sad and overwhelmed. So many stories sound just like mine. My dad started to have trouble swallowing, and next thing we knew, cancer.…
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Husband scheduled for Ivor Lewis
My husband was diagnosed stage 2a, tumor at junction. Scheduled for Ivor lewis April 23rd. I am looking for advice and words of wisdom from caregivers. I am looking for strength to get through this, we only have each other.
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Dad Passed swallow test!!
We are so elated that dad passed swallow test. He got to drink a little grape juice today and nothing purple came out of any of his tubes. Ng tube is out and so is one of the chest tubed. Lungs are another story, but their making progress. He looked the best so far today. Now crossing our fingers that good news comes from…
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How's Larry?
Been thinking about you guys. How is he doing?
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Dad newly diagnosed - Waiting for staging
My father was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma last week. For the last few months he has been experiencing food getting stuck in his throat and retching when eating. He has lost 7 pounds in the last month. After several weeks of encouraing him to get checked out he had an EGD. 2cm mass located at the GE junction. Pathology…
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What's with all of the spam?
Makes me nervous...
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oops
Hello All,
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New to all this,
Hello All,
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New to all this, Dad has stage IV
Hello All, Ill try and keep this brief, so much has happened these last few months. In December Dad, he will be 73 tomorrow, started complaining of a backache, which is a normal thing for him. When the pain did not get better and other symptoms started to appear we became concerned that this was something else. He was…
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Completely Obstructed
Hello, my 82 year old mother was diagnosed with hypopharangeal cancer T3 N0 October 4, 2012. She was an alcoholic most of her life, she fought it and was not a bad mother but never overcame the disease. She has managible emphysema from smoking which she quit 10 years ago. She had a debulking of the cancer in early October…
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Dad's Fight
Just wondering how your dad and you are doing. Any updates?
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Dad's surgery update
He's off the ventalator!!!! Woo hoo!!!
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Larry is home
Larry came home yesterday, 23 lbs lighter. All in all he is doing well. He is pushing himself too hard and I knew that would be a problem. As you all know the eating is the biggest problem and he refuses to use jtube. Dr said if he loses 10 more lbs inthe next 14 days he will admit him back to hospital. We were able to get…
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Day 2 updates
Dad is still on ventalator. There was some tension brewing inside me because all of this could have been avoided. They tried to get an epideral in but she missed. Dad will be kept on ventalator until they try in am. I'm upset because they wake him while the ventalator is still in. I'm not happy about it...at all. After…
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Dad out of surgery
Dad made it through surgery. He's being kept on ventilator to maintain any pain. Anesthia wouldn't to epidural for pain because he felt dad wasn't off plavix long enough. We were told to stop 5 days, should have been 7. So they wanted him left under and will put in tommorrow. Surgeon said sx was thought, very fibrious so…
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Mom doesn't want surgery
Hi, I am new to this site, and I am hoping I can get some advice. My Mom (72 years young) was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer. It is located very close to the stomach. She has finished the chemotherapy and radiation, which took it's toll. Now the PET scan shows the therapies worked, and they don't see the cancer -…
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3mm localised eusophogus cancer pls suggest best treatmntdear all
Dear all, my dad is 72 year old. With controlled diabetic 3mm localised esophagus carcinoma initial stage on mid of esophagus Dr, suggest for surgery. Pls suggest if any best treatment available He is fine. But at this age such a big surgery is difficult. Pls suggest Good doctr n hospital in Bangalore ,Karnataka,India.…