@leadingham1 my husband was diagnosed with (GE juncture)esophageal cancer in 2024 at the age of 75. He had 4 rounds of FLoT followed by Ivor Lewis minimally invasive eaophagectomy then did 3 more rounds of FLOT post op. He was initially diagnosed with stage 2 but after the surgery pathology showed stage 1B.
It was a rough year with chemo and surgery.he had a small anastomosis leak while in the hospital and needed a pigtail chest drainage. I am an RN so I was able to take care of him post op. It was 24 hour round the clock with tube feedings. Crushing meds and insulin coverage but today he is eating just about everything. He has lost weight but maintaining it. He is out shoveling snow and going to the ymca. Just had a follow up CT and no signs of cancer. He dodged a bullet but followed advise and is now cancer free and doing great.
I hope your dad has the same outcome. We struggled with the idea of surgery but am glad he did it. We just said we have a rough year ahead but a year from now it will be just a bad memory and that’s how it worked out