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PMT
PMT CSN Member Posts: 15
in Esophageal Cancer #1
Good morning and Happy New Year. I am new to this board and wanted to introduce myself. My 51 year old siste died December 21 of this horrible disease after an 8 month battle. I wish I had known about this board sooner, I could have used the support and information I found. All of you are amazing and I am in awe of how caring and supportive you are for each other. Thank you for being here
Paula
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  • jss2011
    jss2011 CSN Member Posts: 132
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    Paula
    I am sorry that you lost your sister to EC. You will find others here that are dealing with what you are going through right now. Hang in there.

    Julie
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  • TerryV
    TerryV CSN Member Posts: 887
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    "Welcome" Paula
    I'm so sorry for your loss! EC is a miserable disease and seems to only be getting more aggressive.

    My 48 y.o. husband was diagnosed Stage 3 in mid May. He completed rads & chemo and completed surgery in early September. We were fortunate - he completed his treatment successfully and we are now "on the other side" of EC. And very grateful to have the opportunity to continue to support others here.

    Please let us know how we can help you. Happy New Year to you as well, Paula. Here's to 2012 being a much better year than 2011.

    Terry
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  • Proactive Daughter
    Proactive Daughter CSN Member Posts: 55
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    I'm pretty new too :)
    Hi Paula,

    I just found this site not long ago too, isn't it fabulous? I am very sorry to hear of your loss, EC sure is vicious. If you are here for support, you have come to the right place.

    Welcome Paula!

    Jennifer a.k.a Proactive Daughter
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  • K_ann1015
    K_ann1015 CSN Member Posts: 500
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    so so so sorry
    Paula--so so so sorry for your lossof your beloved sister. Is be that one looses a sister at such a young age! I hate to "welcome" anyone to this site when I know the pain tat brings one here... My dad passed from EC 11/8/11--like you, the sadness is overwhelming. I don''t have a bunch of wisdom yet---but know that this site helps one not feel alone in this journey. email me if you want, bkpriest@insightbb.com
    Kim Heburn Priest
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  • PMT
    PMT CSN Member Posts: 15
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    K_ann1015 said:

    so so so sorry
    Paula--so so so sorry for your lossof your beloved sister. Is be that one looses a sister at such a young age! I hate to "welcome" anyone to this site when I know the pain tat brings one here... My dad passed from EC 11/8/11--like you, the sadness is overwhelming. I don''t have a bunch of wisdom yet---but know that this site helps one not feel alone in this journey. email me if you want, bkpriest@insightbb.com
    Kim Heburn Priest

    THANK YOU
    All of you are so strong and kind. The past 8 months feel like a blur of chemo, radiation, PET scans, lab work and finally a spontaneous fracture of Teresa's right femur. It seemed that the fracure set off a downward spiral and within 10 days she went from baking cookies in my kithche to being in a coma. WOW what a horrible, terrible disease. THANK YOU ALL for your support and kindness.
    Paula
    Sister of Teresa
    EC IV with mets to lung, bone and axillary lymph glands
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