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Esophageal Cancer
Archives for January 2017
Discussion List
AGENT ORANGE~VA Administration DOES NOT LIST ESOPHAGEAL CANCER as a cancer caused by this herbicide!
Dear Mike: Today I did a little more searching relative to Agent Orange. As verified by Ms. Kime’s (Military Times) letter to me, indeed the VA does not recognize Esophageal Cancer as one of the diseases that are attributable to Agent Orange Exposure. So I’m putting the list below my name as the diseases they do…
CYRAMZA AND FATIGUE
My dad just started a Cyramza drip on Januray 20th. The last few days hes been experiencing EXTREME fatigue. As in, he falls asleep sitting up...nods out while doing things like filling out paperwork or buttoning his shirt. He literally cannot keep his eyes open. Its REALLY bothering him and he reached out to his primary…
Facebook page
Can anyone tell me how to get on the Facebook page for esophageal cancer?
Eighteen year and really scared
So 5 months ago I had a terrible heartburn and was diagnosed with acid reflux to the visit to Er and was prescribed omeprazole which only "kinda" helped during the day time but sleeping was the worst nightmare constant heartburn. What i am really scared about is that I have been passing black tarry stool like probably a…
Amino acids and Vit C during chemo??????
A friend of ours who went thru chemo for brain cancer told us she took a combination of Vit C powder mixed in juice, 2x a day, along with amino acid pills to help the Vit C get absorbed into the system. She said it helped her through the chemo treatments. She said it helped her body replace what the chemo sucked out of…
New to site......
Hello all. My dad was diagnised Sept 2015. Stage 4. EC. Hes been thru 2 rounds of chemo. Taxotear and Oxyplatin? Hes beginning a 3rd now. First drip was yesterday. Cyramza. He had a tumor that the first round of chemo got rid of, and he had spots o his lungs, liver and stomach. The cancer went away after the taxotear but…
STOPPING CANCER TREATMENT: DECIDING WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT - (Excellent article by Mayo Clinic)
* Hello to all my dear friends dealing with a cancer diagnosis A year ago, January 4, 2016, I posted this article written by the Mayo Clinic. (http://csn.cancer.org/node/299199) As you can see by the date on the bottom of this article by MAYO Clinic is February 20, 2006, I have kept this on file since then. And rightly so,…
Jevity cases (unopened - ready to donate)
Our dad passed away last week from Stage 4 Esaphogeal Cancer and we have boxes of Jevity, unopened, that we would love to donate to anyone who needs it. It would make him so happy to know someone else will benefit from these. Please let us know. Geri & Denise