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A little upset about follow-up approaches: What tests do you have?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Feb 28 4:37pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
I had a 5 cm carcinoma just below My GE Junction in my stomach.
I did 8 weeks of chemotherapy. No benefit, so on to surgery I went in Boston.
The morning of my surgery I felt so good I wondered why the hell I was there being prep for surgery. Approximately 1/2 of my stomach and 70% of my esophagus was removed, along with 25 lymph nodes. The lymph nodes showed no signs of cancer. Meaning it looked like the cancer hadn’t progressed any further.
Hadn’t gone through the stomach wall.
Not finding any cancer in the lymph nodes was the best result of the surgery. I think it was about a month after surgery we did a PET scan to also check for any signs of cancer. This also came back clear.
At that time My Oncologist suggested that I undergo 12 months of immunotherapy (as an insurance policy).
My body could only tolerate 10 months of it. It was attacking different parts of my body ie. colon, thyroid,
Skin. So I guess my question is why is his Oncologist so concerned if he had clear margins and the lymph node were free of cancer?
Brian
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@brianpj12 my husband had to undergo 6 cycles of chemo also just in case and he did not tolerate it, but he managed somehow. Almost 5 years after all this, he is finally feeling better with a lot of supplements, endurance, patience, pain and suffering, loosing 2 teeth due to chemo and a destroyed microbiom, as we know now. But as I put in my comments and articles, the final piece we found was helping him immensely. If you want to know, just let me know, but I don't want to bore you. I only wanted to tell you that better safe than regretting anything. I have seen how aweful chemo can be but still....he is alive and finally getting there, but he is still with me and will be until the end of our days thanks to his oncologist and his wonderful team of health care professionals. All the best