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Problems with esophageal stent
My husband was diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer almost 1 year ago. It's been quite a struggle but he's incredibly strong (mentally & physically) so he's working hard to fight through the various treatments he's tried. He recently had a stent insterted into the esophagus (his tumor is in lower esophag...upper…
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Answer 4 "KBdarnall"~Dr. Ninh Nguyen-UCIrvine-excellent Thoracic Surgeon SPECIALTY-Ivor Lewis Minima
(Note: Let me apologize for putting an entry here that is running off the right side of the margin. I don't know how to fix it and hope it doesn't happen again. So if you will move the bottom bar all the way to the right, the entire text will be visible. Sorry - Loretta) Now on with the really important information.…
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PUKE
2 years post Ivor Lewis YEA !!! still clean. To this day I still throw up nearly every time I eat as I have no feeling of being full until my food is in my throat and I have no recourse but to remove some of it. Eat, puke, eat, puke and repeat. It’s crazy trying to put on weight let alone hold on to what I have. September…
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Difficulty swallowing again
Hi there! As some of you know my husband was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus! T3N1MO. He completed chem and radiation and just met with the surgeon last week! The surgeon has done MIE surgeries but says that my husband isn’t a candidate for this! We meet with him again Feb 14th to go more in depth regarding…
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Surgery or no Surgery
My father is about to turn 85 and has stage III EC. We took him to MD Anderson and after 6 weeks of chemo and radiation the only thing that showed on the pet scan was inflammation behind the area of his stint. The surgeon at MD Anderson said the cancer will return in 3 to 12 months if we do not get surgery and would kill…
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New to site
I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer in December 2017. Its a T3-No-Mo localized in the junction. I have done all of the testing required and the plan as set out by my surgeon is to do 6 weeks of Chimo and Rdiation combined, then to do the surgery. I begin the Chimo today 1/23/2018. Now I want first to say that even…
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What a difference 2 weeks makes
On December 6, 2017, the GI doctor found a "fumigating bleeding 5 cm mass of malignant appearance" in the GE junction. It was a "poorly differentiated" adenocarcinoma. The next few weeks were very scary. My husband had great difficulty swallowing solid foods. He was burping, coughing and hiccuping. He lost 25 pounds and…
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Long-term maintenance therapy for esophageal cancer
Hello all. I am a 43 year old diagnosed with HER-2 negative distal esophageal/GE junction adenocarcinoma with nodal, liver, and lung mets in September of 2017. I completed 6 cycles of FOLFOX and had a short course of radiation therapy to palliate bleeding as the tumor bled to the point that I required a transfusion. I was…
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Pregnancy after esophageal resection
Hello. I am new to the board and hoping to get some answers. I do not have cancer, however, I had an esophageal resection in April 2013 to remove a softball size mass from the lower 2/3 of my esophagus. The surgery was performed using VATS, but during removal a hole was put in my esophagus, so they had to make a 3 inch…
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Meeting the surgeon
It has been awhile since I’ve posted and wholeheartedly apologize for the delay! So much has transpired and very hectic between work, chemoradiotherapy and the holidays! My husband who was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma T3N1MO just completed chemo and radiation recently! We are meeting his surgeon next Friday! He will also…