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Esophageal Cancer
Archives for October 2022
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Afraid I have esophageal cancer. I am extremely scared.
I know this forum is meant for those who have been diagnosed with the disease and I absolutely respect them and if this type of post bothers you. Feel free to not respond Getting that out of the way. I am a 28 year old male. Never smoked or drank a day in my life. I have dealt with reflux for about 7 years off and on. I…
Home alone
My 68 y.o. brother is finishing his 3rd week of daily radiation and weekly chemo for stage 3 esophageal cancer. It's beginning to hit him hard and he is feeling sick. He drives himself to all of his appointments and lives alone. Should he be alone during all of this? I worry he won't recognize if he's facing a real medical…
4 months into this
Hello I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer stage 4 metastasized June 24 2022. Since then I received the fast track to a PEG tube and have completed 5 rounds of chemotherapy over 10 weeks. Sept. 23rd had a normal bowel movement after tube feeding and have had straight liquid bowel movements ever since. Dr stopped chemo…
Squamous cell of epiglottis
Hi I'm new I am 9 months out from my last radiation treatment and scanned every 3 months and just CT scan no contrast back Sept 9 all saying cancer free but have had pain in throat and gradually have lost my voice. My. ENT was saying that must be allergies and radiation oncologist saying the same have had two endoscopies…
Tomorrow will be 1 month since my cancer diagnosis....
Hello all, my name is Jeff. I just joined this network to maybe gain some insight into what to expect coming up. I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer on 9/6/2022 and found out that it was Stage IV on 9/15/2022. My first round of chemotherapy started on 9/20/2022 and I am currently going through my 2nd round (of 12…