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Drop in ejection fraction after chemoradiation
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Aug 9 8:39am | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Understandable. But something had to be done or his EC was going to kill him anyway. Beta blockers and diuretics are common. How labored is his breathing? Let's see how much he improves as time passes. What distant metastasis is there at this time? What first line treatments did he do and when was he initially dx'd? Stage 4 from the start?
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He's not short of breath at all thank goodness. The leg swelling is really the only issue as far as the heart failure goes, with fatigue that's probably more related to the rad and chemo he finished up last month. He was first dx'd in 2018 stage 4 with mets to lymph nodes, liver and peritoneum. NED after 2.5 years chemo. He first had the 96 hour 5-FU pump, then carbo/taxol, then FOLFIRI. He has no mets anywhere this time, stage 3. He had 6 weeks carbo/taxol and 25 or 28 radiation treatments this go round. He'd been NED nearly 4 years before the recurrence.
The heart attack he had at 48 was so bad and caused so much damage. The doctors couldn't explain how he survived it, but he did! We were in complete shock that it happened and learned to live with that fear. Then the EC came, bringing all that fear of the unknown back. I know no one is promised tomorrow and everyone dealing with these terrible diseases know better than anyone. I'm just whining I guess. I want this all to be done. We have no biopsy results back as of now. Ughhh. Thanks for listening to me vent