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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for March 2017

NEED ADVICE..DAD IN LOTS OF PAIN
Hi guys..... Ive posted before about my dad. Stage 4 ...metastisized (sp)? to stomach, liver, and lungs. His only form of treatment right now is herceptin only. And he was also taking Rick Simpson oil. He hasnt had a whole lot of improvement on the cat scans....He has been experiencing major pain in his back that radiates…
Losing Battle/Need advise
I first posted here when we found out my husband at age 52 had stage 4 esophageal cancer (months ago). We initially did chemoradiation and were elated to find the original tumor was completely eradicated at the follow up biopsy. But unfortunately, the chemo had not been effective and the cancer had mets to the liver and…
after surgery/
my husband has esophageal cancer stage 3, he had his chemo and then surgery, my doctor never went over the pathology report with me but i did get a copy of it from the nurse when he was in the hosp. (he was in the hosp. for 9 weeks). the report says 2 out of 16 lymph nodes are positive for Metastatic Adenocarcinoma... what…
New / 6 mo post diagnosis
Hi everyone - first day here on this board, so I'll be reading through some historical posts, but wanted to introduce myself. DH (41) diagnosed with T3 Esophogeal Cancer on September 23, 2016. He had rapid weight loss and at the end wasn't able to swallow water. Earlier symptoms were choking/gagging. He has had history of…
#.5 months since diagnosis of Esophageal Cancer.
Starting about the middle of Septenber 2016 I started noting an increase in hiccuping when eating. This progressed to discomfort behing my lower sternum. the last week of October 2016, People at work were telling me that I was loosing weight. on Sever occasions I ended up having Nausea and vomiting while eating. I went to…
Just diagnosed...
Hi...my husband was just diagnosed (about 2 weeks ago) with stage 4 esophageal cancer. I'm in shock. He's so healthy and we thought he had a simple case of acid reflux. We've found an oncologist but everything is moving at a crazy pace and I don't even know where to start. We tried to get him into a clinical trial but…
Back from Vacation
Hello all, We had a wonderful few days away in warm sunlight and have now returned to cold temps and wind. My husband was thrilled to have been able to take this time off and enjoyed himself thoroughly, eating almost everything and even having a few glasses of red wine(!) I thought the oncologist would scold him for the…
Recurrent Esophageal/Cardia (upper stomach) Cancer in Remission Using Nutrition
Hi my name is Joseph Marx and I was diagnosed with Stge T2B esophageal adenocarcinma in the lower GE junction in the Fall of 2013. Had standard of care chemo/radiation for 5 and 1/2 weeks through January 2014. Had a complete response: the esophagus had completely healed, there wasn't even any scar tissue or Barrett's in…

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