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Esophageal cancer treatment: Anyone have good experiences to share?
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Earnest
I had 28 chemo and radiation treamtents for EC and it worked. My tumor is now gone. I did have some side affects including caughing and being tired all the time. Scans are clear now. I'd be happy to answer questions.
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what stage were you when you started chemo?
Hi I'm.48 years old very fit and healthy with no underlying health conditions. I was getting my oesphectomy 2 weeks ago then when they opened me up there was microscopical cancer cells. I was devastated. Now I must get more chemo. I had a really good response to my first treatment if chemo before I went fir surgery. I'm a bit in limbo land and quite scared to meet the encologist for the next plan.
What stage and did it spread
How early were you detected?
1/21/25 HI Don I'm John in cold north central Wisconsin. I've had acid reflux all my life. I'm 63 and late last summer I got some swallowing symptoms but was really busy with property excavation improvement so didn't get going on it until November. Then I signed up at health,gov ok and got appointments and esophogram in December which revealed ugliness and narrowing in lower esophagus. Endoscopy couple weeks ago confirmed adenocarcinoma. Yesterday was the CT scan. Appointment with oncologist soon on Jan 29. I'm strong and healthy otherwise and very active, not afraid of chemo or surgery. Waiting on stage determination. I hear that by the time you get symptoms it usually getting advanced. Fingers crossed. I feel fine just have a lousy time getting first bits of food down. I hear its slow to develop and fast to get worse. How did you discover it?
What stage of cancer did you have And did you have trouble eating I had to get a feeding tube l can't swollow any food and get anything i got tom a blocking part of my sophocus, and it narrowed also Had to get a feeding tube
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Hi Don 👋. How do you make sure constipation isn't an issue? I just had it so bad that I had to go to emergency room 😫. It was truly bad. I wanted someone to kill me, literally! It was agonizing. It was like a brick was stuck in my nausea. I screamed for God to take away the pain. Finally they gave me morphine which eventually calmed me down. Wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Doctors and team keep changing my meds. I think that may have brought it on. But I don't know. Now I have NO energy.