Ten Years on this Ride

Congratulations on 10 Years!!!!

Congratulations on 10 years of strength and perseverance Ed, as a fellow survivor I know the journey is not always easy but it is worth the trip!! May there be many more.

Best Regards,

 

Paul

Keep Up Your Fight Ed Inspire Others

Ed:

By your letting everyone know it has been 10 years on your ride gives hope to those facing their diagnosis of Esophageal Cancer for the first time.  When my brother told our family that he had  Esophageal Cancer I began doing as much research as I could to understand what my brother will face.  It was comforting to know there were survivors.  Please continue to share your words of wisdom based on all of your experiences.  You will provide HOPE and show your STRENGTH through your words.  Your WISDOM will help others to understand what they face and can find the DETERMINATION to fight as you have.  My best wishes and prayers for you in your journey. 

I hope you are taking some time to go outside, smell some fresh air, listen to the sounds of life around you.  These things also help in the healing process.  Best Wishes to you!

   

 

Good job but I can't do what you are doing
I was diagnosed with this disease on March 21, 2018 after four doctors misdiagnosed me. I finished chemotherapy and radiation approximately four weeks ago. I had a very good partial response to therapy. I am stage 3. After conducting extensive research (I'm a Healthcare Fraud Investigator) I decided not to have the brutal surgery. I'm a quality and not quantity of life individual. I am a competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter and I would rather have one year at 50% than five years at 25%.

siutis12 said:

Good job but I can't do what you are doing
I was diagnosed with this disease on March 21, 2018 after four doctors misdiagnosed me. I finished chemotherapy and radiation approximately four weeks ago. I had a very good partial response to therapy. I am stage 3. After conducting extensive research (I'm a Healthcare Fraud Investigator) I decided not to have the brutal surgery. I'm a quality and not quantity of life individual. I am a competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter and I would rather have one year at 50% than five years at 25%.

Hope You Are Doing Good

Siutis12  I hope you are doing well.  If someone were to say to me "If you were told you have 2 years to live because of an illness" then ask me "how would you live those 2 years, by staying out of the hospital or by going into the hospital to try to beat this illness with the latest and greatest (but not 100% guaranteed ) care, what would you choose"  I would say I want to enjoy what I can of my remaining time being able to see the Sun shine, to feel the wind in my hair and on my skin, to hear the birds and all of life around me.  My brother was diagnosed with Esophical Cancer and when he told me about the operation, I cried and he blew it off like it was no big deal, piece of cake.  If I could go back to that day I would ask him would he rather spend his last few years enjoying life as best as he could or spend the remaining days in the hospital never able to see the outside world again and I know he would do it different.  In fact I believe my brother would still be with us today if he did not go the route of the operation because he had complication after complication and ended up with Pheumonia more times than I can count.  My brother got dependent on the Opioids and laid flat on his back staring at the ceiling for 2 years with a tube down his throat never to be able to talk to anyone.  It was obvious the Medical System took this to far and it was at the point my brother would never be able to come home.  So I believe that when anyone makes the choice to live life as a gift of life and not science then the quality is far better medicine than all that chemical bologna they pump into you.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope you can do well from all of this.