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Esophageal Cancer
Archives for December 2016
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Esophageal cancer metastasis to brain
My best friend's husband worked through stage three esophageal cancer and had chemo, radiation, surgery, and was on a feeding tube for three months. He just has a seizure on Christmas night and they found three tumors in the brain. They are doing radiation and cannot operate. Just looking for anyone who may have heard of…
Hope after cancer diagnosis!!!
My name is Ray Pilkington. I was diagnosed with esophogeal carcinoma in 2014. Had my entire esophogous removed and my stomach pulled up and re-attached in march 2015. I lost my voice for a long time. I could only speak in a very high-pitched screach. The surgeon said he might cut the nerve feeding my left vocal cord during…
Detailed info re Esophageal Cancer from start to finish including stages and statistics~from "Cancer
Below my name are some “startling” facts and statistics. It is just something that should be considered once you have heard the words, “You have Esophageal Cancer!” What do I know, you might ask? For starters, after a couple of months of one pesky HICCUP each time my husband took his first bite of food, I decided that we…
STAGE 4 CHEMO NOT AN OPTION
We got my Dad's PET scan results the day before Thanksgiving. He went in for biopsy the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. The doctor had to intibate him due to the tumor and swelling. Ended up with a trach. He is not a candidate for chemo due to his liver function is too low. He has received 10 rounds of radiation. I don't want…
Choosing not to have surgery - Am I crazy?
I have Junctional Adeno EC. It's stage T3N0. I'm 60 and healthy and active with no additional morbidity risks. I'm currently in week five of a 6 week chemo/beamo treatment path. I have indicated to my team that I am not opposed to surgery but will forgo it and be surveiled in the event that testing post this phase of…
digestion after esophogectomy
Wanted to share some info... My father had esophogectomy about 18 months ago. He has been doing remarkably well being able to return a normal diet, however he was often suffering from a lot of stomach pain and gas after meals. It was difficult to pinpoint what food or foods where causing problems. I found on another…