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Released from Hospice Care
Need any info on where to go from here. My 81 year old mother was diagnosed with Stage 3 esophageal cancer 9/17. After 15 radiation treatments and 4 chemo treatments she decided December of 2017 to stop treatment. Her Ongologist suggested Home Hospice Care and my mom agreeed. we questioned should she have some sort of scan…
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Tumor in the esophagus
My cousin in India had trouble swallowing; his doctor recomended a CT scan. They found a 5 1/2 cm size tumor of the distal oesophagus. He is a non-smoker and a healthy young man of 45 years old. A father of two young kids and a loving husband. Right now he is at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital in Mumbai going through all the…
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New Diagnosis
My dear 70yo Mum has just been diagnosed with EC (adenocarcinoma) but we won’t get all the staging details till Wednesday. I was starting to only think the worse thanks to google, but thanks to your hopeful stories, I’m starting to breathe again. i thought because she had symptoms that it automatically was a dire…
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info requested
my dad was just diagnosed with esophageal cancer (lower esophageal - closer to stomach) 3 weeks ago. stage 4 with spot on liver. dr said heart, chest, lungs and kidneys working properly. i dont completely understand all of the terms associated with this (all of the Ts, Ls, ect) needless to say, devastation set in quickly.…
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albumin levels
I have a question my dads albumin level is only 2.5 it has dropped even after having his jtube put in in his jujumim he is feed 24/7 through that and eats by mouth but it still drops and so does his weight. My question is how low can it go before something bad happens and how do we get it to raise
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Stage IV EC Stepdad is 75
My stepfather was diagnosed with stage iv ec a few weeks ago.....since then we have been in a whirlwind of information. He is not eligible for surgery and we just found out that they cannot do the radiation as the tumor is too large and too close to his heart/lungs. They want to proceed with chemo to see if that will…
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elevated CA72-4 tumor marker
About a month ago, my wife had a panel of serum tumor markers tested in Europe. The reason why she did it is to serve as a "negative" control for her mother (who is currently a 3-year cancer survivor). However, we unexpectedly found that my wife's CA72-4 level was elevated to 24 and to 16U/ml (analysis done in different…
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Clogged Feeding Tube - A Solution that Worked for our Family
Hello all - my wife had a NG feeding tube for several months. About 3-4 days after the NG tube was initially inserted, it started to clog, even though we regularly flushed it with warm water. We tried several options to unclog the tube, none of which worked: hourly warm water flushes, Coke, etc. I found that Coke only…
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Akquest123~A 16-yr. EC survivor shares his story of success w/the Ivor Lewis Minimally Invasive Esop
Dear Akquest – [Am choosing to answer your letter which you posted yesterday, Sept. 6, 2018, regarding esophageal cancer and tentative surgery for your Dad. https://csn.cancer.org/node/317851 Since I think this is information that others can benefit by as well, I am choosing to place it on a separate topic forum here on…
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lifestyle after surgery
Hi, We are new to this board but have read thru alot of the posts and received some helpful information. I am interested in some more specific info on what to expect after the surgery, I will explain. My dad has been diagnosed with eshopageal cancer and has undergone the chemo and radiation with good results but now trying…
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"ttsqky"~Things your doctors should B telling U & all new patients about Esophageal Cancer @ any sta
Dear “TTSQKY” Let me go back in time to November of 2002, when my husband went to the doctor with a persistent hiccup each time he started to eat. He had no other symptoms. A visit to a gastroenterologist for an upper endoscopy resulted in a myriad of emotions. After we heard the word esophageal cancer, our first thought…