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Thanks to everybody for your kind words and support
We really appreciate your encouragement and expressions of joy for the great scope. Love your humor, William. Each one of you are special to us. You can't imagine just how much your suggestions and encouragement have meant to us and helped us. Please keep up your good work of informing the newbies of their options and matters they should consider. You save lives. It was eerie today in the post-procedure waiting area for Bill. Someone in another curtained room, a woman, had just had a scope for a possible hiatal hernia. The doctor was telling her that he was less concerned about the hernia as to the signs of gastric reflux he had found. He was very supportive and clear in expressing his concerns, not alarming. He explained he saw inflammation and described a "ring" that had formed. He further said that he found a nodule at the top of the esophagus. While he felt it did not suggest a problem, that sometimes these nodules offer surprises, that he had seen these to be a problem in a couple of instances [a sign of the rarity of this cancer]. Anyway, he had taken biopsies to investigate. That he didn't expect a problem. (He was being very careful not to be alarming but to be reassuring) He said that he expected all to be well and that he'd send a letter but that if he found anything of interest, he would call her within a day or two. He suggested that she move beyond an OTC anti-acid and take a prescription one that he wanted her to take. He said he would want to follow her more frequently to monitor her esophageal status. About that time, Bill was brought back in and I could not eavesdrop anymore. I never saw the people, knew their names or whatever. This is the same place that identified Bill's EC. I do think this lady's problem, if any, is incipient, but the doctor was being careful. He was taking it seriously without being alarming. I pray she will followup as he requested. I appreciate this unknown doctor's sensitivity to his patient and awareness of possible medical concerns. I thought it strange that this unknown person would be encountering esophageal issues in the earshot of the room of a surviving esophageal cancer patient.