survival age after diagnosis

faithinlord
faithinlord Member Posts: 27
edited March 2015 in Esophageal Cancer #1

 

 I noticed Donna70 did roll call of survival age after diagnosis of ec  in 2010. It was a wonderful concept. I was wondering if we can do the roll call to give hope to myself and lot of other people on this forum. Please mention stage, type of ec  squamous or adenocarcinoma. And which year was it diagmosed. I will start out with ours.

Husband stage 2

Adenocarcinoma 

Diagnosed Oct 2014.

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  • Deathorglory
    Deathorglory Member Posts: 364 Member
    #2
    Roll Call

    Stage III in May 2008.

    Stage IV recurrence in October 2011.

    Adenocarcinoma.

    Testing clean since May 2012.

  • paul61
    paul61 Member Posts: 1,392 Member
    #3
    Adenocarcinoma - Stage

    Adenocarcinoma - Stage 2B

    November 2009

    Clear scans to date

     

  • scoot108
    scoot108 Member Posts: 19
    #4
    Hi, I had Adenocarcinoma.

    Hi, I had Adenocarcinoma. Stage 3 T2 N2. Diagnosed April 2012. Went through preop chemo and radiation. Transhiatal surgery September 2012. Went from 240 lbs before all this down to 173 lbs and am currently 196 lbs. Had a leak at the upper reattachment that scarred and narrowed. Had about 30 dialations. Still have eating and diet issues but have adjusted best I can. Have a ct scan coming up this April but so far no signs of reoccerance. I will be 52 this May. Scott

  • South Side Steve
    South Side Steve Member Posts: 32
    #5
    Roll Call

    I was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma T2 N1 M0 Stage IIB in November 2011. I had pre-op chemo and radiation and then Ivor Lewis surgery in March of 2012. I've had clean scans since surgery.

    Steve

  • hughesjohnw
    hughesjohnw Member Posts: 10
    #6
    South Side Steve said:

    Roll Call

    I was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma T2 N1 M0 Stage IIB in November 2011. I had pre-op chemo and radiation and then Ivor Lewis surgery in March of 2012. I've had clean scans since surgery.

    Steve

    Roll Call

    Adenocarcinoma stage 2b

    diagnosed: July 2012

    Surgery: August 2012

    chemo & radiation: November & December 2012

    clean scans since

     

     

  • LovingMummy
    LovingMummy Member Posts: 3
    #7
    Roll call

    My son

    Diagnosed Oct 2014 Stage 3b adenocarcenoma EC cardia

    6 Chemo/ 28 radiations/ Surgery  Feb 19th 2015

    Recovering , lots of coughing, finding difficult to eat food my mouth

     

  • radtraveller
    radtraveller Member Posts: 4
    #8
    Survival After Diagnosis

    Diagnosed 14 Sep 2012  Incidental Finding on workup for a completely different issue.  Was never symptomatic.

    t1n0m0 Adenocarcinoma.

    Transhiatal  10-16-2012     No chemo or radiation

     Went from 210 pounds to 130lbs in 5 months.  Back up to 155-165 range now depending on how I feel eating.

    Some issues with needing Dilation

    Still have eating issues, abdominal pain, "short stroke" gerd (aspirate reflux), nausea/vomiting.

    Clean CT 3/17-2015

  • rajmohan
    rajmohan Member Posts: 1
    #9
    oesophagus cancer

    Current age 79, Age at which diagnosed 67. SCC stage IIIB, middle 1/3. Cisplatin and 5FU IV auoto pump 1st and 5th week, concurrent 6Mv Xtrys  1.8 Gy x 30 fractions. Diagned in April, Treatment completed on May 30. CT-PET in August showed NED. Refused further surgery or HDR Brachytherapy. Was a vegetarian since 1996, no alcohol from April 2003.. The usual risk factors of smoking, obesity etc do noy apply to me.Only taking Nexium to reduce the chances of any reflux. One is unlucky to get cancer, but middle 1/3rd of oesophagus is a better place for traetment rather than upper or lower parts. Considering the statistics of 12% survical for more than 10 yrs, I am lucky . I think being a vegetarian and teetotaler have helped me.

  • goty2001
    goty2001 Member Posts: 71
    #10
    cu**d?

    stage IV diagnosed May 2012 - mets & non-operable - aged 50

    have forgotten names of drugs but very heavy dose chemo regime for 6 months reduced to just herceptin...

    clean scans & fit as a fiddle for last 30months

  • morningstar7777
    morningstar7777 Member Posts: 3
    #11
    LovingMummy said:

    Roll call

    My son

    Diagnosed Oct 2014 Stage 3b adenocarcenoma EC cardia

    6 Chemo/ 28 radiations/ Surgery  Feb 19th 2015

    Recovering , lots of coughing, finding difficult to eat food my mouth

     

    Your Son

    How is your son now?  My husband has stage three and unable to eat by mouth.  I don't know what to expect.  

  • sevenvoltes
    sevenvoltes Member Posts: 5
    #12
    Deathorglory said:

    Roll Call

    Stage III in May 2008.

    Stage IV recurrence in October 2011.

    Adenocarcinoma.

    Testing clean since May 2012.

    esophageal cancer stage 4

    My son 21 years old was diagnosed with esophageal cancer stage 4 which has spread on lymph nodes. Primariy, it was germ cell tumor but I guess he was misdiagnosed. and now, it was EC stage 4. Can you share your story?

  • Tkincaid2
    Tkincaid2 Member Posts: 13
    #13
    Roll call
    Diagnosed 2013 @ 46 with EC - adeno/squamous & neuro-endocrine
    Stage 3 with no lymph node or other organ involvement
    Chemo/radiation
    THE surgery on March 17, 2014

    Ct scan with NED will get my EGD this Thursday & expect great results!
  • Lee Christensen
    Lee Christensen Member Posts: 49 Member
    #14
    Tkincaid2 said:

    Roll call
    Diagnosed 2013 @ 46 with EC - adeno/squamous & neuro-endocrine
    Stage 3 with no lymph node or other organ involvement
    Chemo/radiation
    THE surgery on March 17, 2014

    Ct scan with NED will get my EGD this Thursday & expect great results!

    Roll Call

    Diagnosed Nov. 2010 @ 56 Stage 2

    MIE Dec. 2010 at Mayo Clinic

     

  • JulieN
    JulieN Member Posts: 10
    #15
    rajmohan said:

    oesophagus cancer

    Current age 79, Age at which diagnosed 67. SCC stage IIIB, middle 1/3. Cisplatin and 5FU IV auoto pump 1st and 5th week, concurrent 6Mv Xtrys  1.8 Gy x 30 fractions. Diagned in April, Treatment completed on May 30. CT-PET in August showed NED. Refused further surgery or HDR Brachytherapy. Was a vegetarian since 1996, no alcohol from April 2003.. The usual risk factors of smoking, obesity etc do noy apply to me.Only taking Nexium to reduce the chances of any reflux. One is unlucky to get cancer, but middle 1/3rd of oesophagus is a better place for traetment rather than upper or lower parts. Considering the statistics of 12% survical for more than 10 yrs, I am lucky . I think being a vegetarian and teetotaler have helped me.

    Question

    Do you still have scans yearly? Just curious! 

  • Bluejay83
    Bluejay83 Member Posts: 4
    #16
    scoot108 said:

    Hi, I had Adenocarcinoma.

    Hi, I had Adenocarcinoma. Stage 3 T2 N2. Diagnosed April 2012. Went through preop chemo and radiation. Transhiatal surgery September 2012. Went from 240 lbs before all this down to 173 lbs and am currently 196 lbs. Had a leak at the upper reattachment that scarred and narrowed. Had about 30 dialations. Still have eating and diet issues but have adjusted best I can. Have a ct scan coming up this April but so far no signs of reoccerance. I will be 52 this May. Scott

    Lung cancer

    Hi Scott . My name is Rodney. I have lung cancer   they tell me the radiation will burn uo my esophagus and it will b hard to swallow. That sounds tough. Can u tell me anything about it

     

  • BobHaze
    BobHaze Member Posts: 163 Member
    #17
    Stage I survivor

    Diagnosed adenocarcinoma T1M0N0 August 11, 2011.  MIE September 23, 2011.

    CT scans every 6 months for 2 years, then annual since; my next scan is next week.  NED since surgery.

    Weight went from 199 to 165 and is holding there, no matter how much I eat.  I can eat more often and try to eat more quantity (never a good idea, as it turns out!), but I don't gain any weight, just more trips to the toilet.

  • GerryS
    GerryS Member Posts: 227 Member
    #18
    andenocarcinoma   Stage II dx

    andenocarcinoma   Stage II dx Feb 2010   IL surgery Mar 2010 follow up chemo

    5 1/2 year survivor    Grateful     GerryS

     

  • scoot108
    scoot108 Member Posts: 19
    #19
    Bluejay83 said:

    Lung cancer

    Hi Scott . My name is Rodney. I have lung cancer   they tell me the radiation will burn uo my esophagus and it will b hard to swallow. That sounds tough. Can u tell me anything about it

     

    Radiation

    Hi,

     

    Sorry about the late answer.  I had really good luck with the radiation.  My tumor had grown and I was living on spaghetti run thru a processor and chicken and rice soup that I had to pick the chicken out of.  The chemo shrunk the tumor and made swallowing so much better so that I did not notice the radiation making it worse.  I will say everything tasted like crud and I was extremely tired.  Hope you are doing best as can be.  Good luck.  Take care.

     

    Scott

  • DeeHour
    DeeHour Member Posts: 2
    #20
    goty2001 said:

    cu**d?

    stage IV diagnosed May 2012 - mets & non-operable - aged 50

    have forgotten names of drugs but very heavy dose chemo regime for 6 months reduced to just herceptin...

    clean scans & fit as a fiddle for last 30months

    Inspiring story - how are you today

    Hi Goty2001,

     

    really inspired by your story, how are you doing today?

    Best Regards,

    Dee

  • cmpitts001
    cmpitts001 Member Posts: 4
    #21
    Roll Call

    Husband, age 65, diagnosed as stage IIb in Feb 2016. Had radiation/chemo then gastric pull up, June 2016. Lymph nodes tested positive at surgical pathology. More chemo and then found a lesion on femur, March 2017, restaged to stage 4 with mets to the bone. More chemo. CT scan in Sept 2017 shows a new lesion on breastbone, possible cancerous nodule on liver and back but not confirmed. Not responding to chemo so now doing Cyramza, a monoclonal antibody drug. Follow up CT in about 60 days. Doc says they are running out of options for tretment

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