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Brand new esophageal cancer diagnosis: What questions to ask?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 16 10:01am | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
Keep forging ahead. I was diagnosed October 2023, 3cm tumor down by the gastric junction. Stage 3. Chemo in Nov/Dec 2023, esophajectomy February 2023. Pathology from surgery showed it got to 1 of the 18 lymph nodes. Started immunotherapy every two weeks after surgery. Fast forward, my last scan Jan 3 2025 was NED. Next scan is in 3 weeks.
Control the controllable, what you can’t don’t worry about. From day one my prayer was “Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ heal me”! And He has so far through the drugs and doctors.
I’ll leave you with this. My wife said to me early on “control the controllable. You can control your faith, attitude, nutrition, exercise, etc. If you do those to the best of your ability then everything will happen how it’s supposed to happen according to His will”. Keep positive. It’s medically proven that stress and anxiety have NEGATIVE physical affects on our bodies. Therefore, eliminating that and carrying a positive attitude can have positive affects on our bodies. I think that has contributed to why I am at where I am in this journey.
I wish you well and God loves you. My name is Danny MacDonald and my cell number is 678-414-0972 if you ever want to call and get some encouragement or discuss anything you are trying to navigate. My wife is in market research for a living and has been an absolute rock star through this, I think she could go pass the medical boards now 😂. Take care!
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Thank you Danny! So very kind of you to offer your help, so appreciated 🤗
So glad you are NED again. All prayers are needed and very welcome 🙏 .
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I failed to mention in June of 2024 I had my three month scan after surgery and it had metastasized to my liver. They did 6 weeks worth of Radiation in 3 days to destroy two little lesions on liver (radiologist used a machine called the Cyber Knife or something like that). Chemo again started July 10. End of September, week of chemo treatment 6 of 12, I was 129 lbs (started the journey at 240, was 191 going into surgery, 170 when I started the chemo again in July, 129 lbs 10 weeks later). That same week I had my next maintenance scan and it was NED. We were able to stop the chemo and continued with immunotherapy which I am still engaged in and will be until early next year then assess. Three months later on Jan 3 2025 as I mentioned in original post my scan was again NED.