Husband newly diagnosed

Posted by momshmallow @momshmallow, Jun 8 10:21pm

My husband is only 62 and was just diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. It sounds serious and I am very frightened. I want him to go to Boston which is only 35 minutes away where they appear to have a specialty group. How long can the wait be?

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@momshmallow

So, just back from Boston. Saw chief of thoracic surgery at Brigham & Women's. He has accelerated the pace of things. Says we need to move faster than what is happening in NH (where we live). He made a lot of calls, orders, and sent messages to other doctors.
There will be some procedures on Monday with the surgeon (I believe another biopsy), Dana Farber oncologist on Tuesday, PET on Wednesday, surgery for jtube insertion on Friday.
At least he will be getting some nutrition and the Boston team will have all the tests and scans needed.

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Praying for you and your husband. Sounds like y’all will have a busy week.

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@goldenshadow

Being strong for each other is so important. Hi I’m Scott I’ve had EC since July of 2024. So I don’t know what treatments you might get. So I had flot treatments that is 4 chemotherapy treatments within a two month period with 3 different chemo drugs. Then waited 5 weeks had surgery with 2 surgical teams 9 hours. Waited 4 more weeks and had 4 more chemotherapy treatments. Through all this I had a I got this attitude always positive. Also my wife, my boys and my family were the greatest support team I could have possibly had. My oncologist my surgeons all the nurses were awesome. This is the most important part of this journey. So it’s so important you trust your doctor or doctors. Ask any all questions you have. Great doctors won’t shy away from your questions. Should have a nutritionist also that will help with all your concerns about eating and keeping weight on. I had a j tube for 7 months because I couldn’t eat or drink. That was great for keeping weight on for me. That’s and option if need be. So my treatments have been done for 2 months now. Eating is getting better depending on foods. You’ll have ups and downs. But you got this!! There’s other patients on here also that can help with different aspects of this cancer. Also I’m 62!

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Thank you Scott for sharing your experience.

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