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Esophageal Cancer
Archives for January 2016
Discussion List
Need help -- excess foamy saliva production when eating
My brother has Stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma. He is having a problem with a large volume of saliva/mucus coming up. He's drowing in this stuff. Does anyone know how to manage this? It is really distressing him, making it hard for him to eat and he's losing weight.
I need a Help
Hello All, Myself Rinkaul Shukla from India. My mother (62 yrs.) dignosed as squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus. stage 4a. Non matastatic. But non operable due to leson abuts on aorta and trechea. Also enlarged nodes are involved as per CT scan. All other body organs and their functions are well beyond expectation…
Anyone had a herniated bowel?
Brought my husband into emergency yesterday and today they are confirming that he has not one but TWO hernias - I don't quite understand what happened and have to try and get a hold of a doctor today - the bowel is apparently herniated through the diaphragm on both sides?? Its very frustrating, maybe because its a holiday…
2 years of remission, now plueral effusion- anyone been here
Update So dad has been NED since his surgery 2014 i say NED but it's been based on physical exams nothing else. We have had a great time since then we've added two (the first and only two)new grand babies. One mine, a year old almost and the other my brothers, 16 months old. Dad went back to work asap, and encountered two…
Sherdave-More Homework - Gleaning gems of advice from others who've gone B4 U will serve U & Your hu
Hello Sheryl: Pull up a comfortable chair and we’ll continue the chat I started with you earlier. It occurs to me that the information that Paul61 and I have posted is vital to every "newbie." He and my husband have gone through one of the most intense and major surgeries one can have. Yet they are both alive to tell…
Husband 50, diagnosed with Stage IIb adeno
Hi everyone, I have been reading a variety of online blogs and groups since my husband was diagnosed last month, but found this site today and it is REALLY helpful. I have already saved a few of your posts, thank you to all. My husband presented with two episodes of choking on food, and luckily he was already scheduled for…
STOPPING CANCER TREATMENT: DECIDING WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT - (Excellent article by Mayo Clinic)
Hello to all dear friends dealing with a cancer diagnosis- As you can see by the date on the bottom of this article by MAYO Clinic – February 20, 2006, I have kept this on file since then. And rightly so, since my husband, William Marshall, was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer Stage III (T3N1M0) “Adenocarcinoma at the GE…
what happens after doctors decide further chemo will not benefit the patient
My husband is 59. Was a smoker most of his life. Diagnosed in July, 2015. Final Diagnosis was Gastric Adenocarcinoma. Stomach Adenocarcinoma w/signet ring features and Esophagus/Adenocarcinoma w/signet ring features, non-dysplastic squamous mucosa and metastatic lesions. They decided to call it esophageal cancer. They…