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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for June 2017

Hello! I'm new. Here's our story...
Hello everyone! I am happy to have found this site. It’s hard to find anyone who understand what we are going through. I’ve realized I need support from others who going through what we are going through. Looking forward to get to know all of you! Here’s our story… My husband is 38 and was diagnosis with esophageal cancer…
Hi...newbie! My story!
Just joined the site. Dx on August 23, 2016, T1bn0m0. Bumped to Stage 3a after October 6, 2016 Trans-hiatal esophagectomy, with gastric pull up, as I had 3 cancerous lymph nodes. Developed pyloric stenosis following surgery. It is some better, but still may require another surgery. Hope not! Had four rounds of chemo (5FU),…
Father 83 one year in severe secretions
friends my poor father in law has had a feeding tube a year now: he was diagnosed a year ago. My husbands family refuses to discuss stage of cancer (?) so I am flying blind. He's suffering so bad mainly from secretions just tons of mucus (they stopped chemo and radiation nearly a year ago) he can't speak due to mucus so…
Huband's Advanced Esophagael Cancer
My husband's surgeon gave him just weeks to survive his advanced sqaumous cell esohageal cancer. One doctor is considering a stent and radiation. He has lost a tremendous amount of weight - over six feet tall and only 111 lbs. No pain, and sticking to his usual schedule. He is drinking Essiac tea at present. To see the…
Leaked Chemo
I recently finished my 2nd and last 6 day cycle of pre surgery 5FU and it appears the chemo leaked to my hand! I've been referred to the burns and plastics of a neighbouring hospital. They've prescribed 500mg Flucloxacillin to be taken 4x daily. Has anyone else had this happen?
Stage 4 spread to lymph nodes & Brain
Hello my name is Shannon I have some questions regarding my Mom. She is 74 and wa diagnosed about 5-6 months ago. Stage 4 esophageal cancer (GE junction) spread to a few lymph nodes and caused a small lesion in her brain. We did radiation on her brain and it shrunk a little bit. On July 5th after her 6th round of chemo…
Esophageal Cancer discussion re stages & treatments & informative videos for Ellie1229
Dearest Ellie, First, let me say that I am putting this answer to your entry https://csn.cancer.org/node/310205 on a separate post for this reason. My answer is extremely detailed, and others who come here for info will benefit by being able to read its contents more quickly if it is on a separate line by itself, rather…
Eating Solid Food
My husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer last month. The doctor told us it was stage 3 that he's treating as stage 4, but then told me it is stage 4. He has a tumor at the base of the esophagus right where it meets the stomach. He can't eat anything and hasn't for about 2 months now. At first he could eat broth and…
just diagnosed with esophageal cancer
Hello, I am still in shock about this recent dx of Esophageal cancer. I was diagnosed with GERD about a year ago and just thought it was getting worse, went for my annual physical in mid May and ever since it has been one test after another. Barrum Swallow test afterwhich my primary care Dr. calls and tells me I have a…
Mayflower18~Special ltr 4U w/multiple references re Esophageal Cancer & treatments for Dad's cancer
Hello Mayflower Pardon me for not getting back to you sooner, but I have so many thoughts after reading your letter posted here: https://csn.cancer.org/node/310084 There are so many things I would like to share with you that I’ve decided to post them on a separate topic forum for this reason. It takes a great deal of time…
Dad diagnosed of squamous cell carcinoma (update in comments, another update surgery completed)
Thos may be a long post. My dad had some symptoms like pains in the chest area which was unbearable other than that he always had reflux. He immidiately went to dr and got a CT scan. Everything normal except mid esophageal wall thickening of 10 mm. lymph nodes normal everything else basically says normal. Did endoscopic…
Stage IV- Liver involved
Hello. My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal in September 2016. He had 5 weeks of radiation and 5 chemo infusions. The follow up PET scan showed clean esophagus/ stomach junction/ lymph nodes however there were spots on his liver. He's in the 6th cycle of 1 infusion (oxaliplatin) followed by 2 weeks of 4000 mg…
Should I be concerned?
Hi, I just had my first follow-up pet-ct scan post my esophagectomy. They found several new and and enlarging pulmonary nodules. All are small right now. My Dr. is presenting it to the board for a decision on whether to do a biopsy or just keep and eye on it. He said it is very possible that it is not metastases and not…

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