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What was your experience immediately following RT/chemo?
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Hi, he wasn't a candidate for the surgery so the first time he was diagnosed in 2018, he did 2.5 years of chemo alone and got to no evidence of disease. When he had the recurrence last February, he did 6 chemo treatments and 28 radiation. He is currently doing really well, back to NED. We're hoping to never see this again...best to you and your dad!
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I was glad to read your post. I had not found any posts with someone just doing chemo for an extended period of time. My husband was not a candidate for surgery either and has so far completed 15 months of just chemo. He does it every other week for 48 hours (stays at the hospital for a couple of hours and then has a pump on at home for 2 days). They do not see any evidence of the esophageal cancer now but he does have a spot on his liver. I am glad to hear that doing chemo for a couple of years is normal. I am hoping he can stop it soon. Thanks for your post!