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Esophageal cancer treatment: Anyone have good experiences to share?

Posted by earnest @earnest, May 28, 2024

Hello troops. Does anyone have any good news about their treatments? All I've been reading are horror stories. Not very encouraging at all. I'm on my second week of radiation and chemo, and the first chemo didn't go well. Not meaning to add to the horror stories, but it made my stomach ache really bad. They stopped and gave me steroids, I think. Now I'm hearing these stories about leaking chemo causing pain, makes me apprehensive. So if anyone has had a GOOD experience, PLEASE share it!

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mrmac1234 | @mrmac1234 | Feb 13 1:00pm
In reply to @dsh33782 "mrmac1234 Hi, was stage 3 esophageal cancer with tumor in lower esophagus and local lymph nodes..." + (show)
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mrmac1234
Hi, was stage 3 esophageal cancer with tumor in lower esophagus and local lymph nodes showing up on scans.
I could not eat and I also had feeding tube I used for several months. After the chemo and radiation treatments started the tumor shrunk and I was able to start swallowing again. I know how scary it all is, but I'm better now. Have you had chemo and radiation yet?
Don

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Sorry for the typos lyphnodes and liver also effected . Six centimeter
tumor and myself gives broke through the wall and lining chemo has now
closed narrow my esophagus.

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Don Higgins, Volunteer Mentor | @dsh33782 | Feb 13 8:33pm
In reply to @mrmac1234 "Sorry for the typos lyphnodes and liver also effected . Six centimeter tumor and myself gives..." + (show)
@mrmac1234

Sorry for the typos lyphnodes and liver also effected . Six centimeter
tumor and myself gives broke through the wall and lining chemo has now
closed narrow my esophagus.

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mrmac
6 cm tumor sounds large. Are you able to eat using feeding tube now?
Don

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