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Giant lump at the very top of my throat. Help or advice?
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Oct 24 1:58pm | Replies (37)Comment receiving replies
Hello @gravity3, I'm not trying to hijack brcc's post, but my husband just had this done 2 days ago and it's the EXACT same circumstances as yours. Except you said yours was large, but his is a medium sized Sessile polyp found in his duodendum. I'm so worried. We now wait 2 weeks for biopsy. We just lost his aunt to esophageal cancer. Hubby is a long time smoker. His Dad had lung cancer and passed at 57. Husband is now 62. We pray and wait.
Have your biopsy results came back? How far are you in the process? Thank you so much for any insight you can give.
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@talltxlady
No problem and I am so sorry to hear about your husband. After my initial endoscopy I learned that I would need an advanced practice gastroenterologist to do the removal. I live in North Carolina and neither Duke nor UNC could get me in quickly so I did a search and chose a fantastic physician Dr. Mouen Khashab. He is at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. I asked for a referral to him and was in for polyp removal in a week. I had an adenoma polyp, the most common type. It was removed just one year ago without complications. 6 months after that my gastroenterologist here did another upper endoscopy....no reoccurrence and no evidence of cancer in the first or second procedure. I have another upper endoscopy in December to check again. If you go to the John's Hopkins site look him up. He has quite the curriculum vitae. When is your husband scheduled for his procedure?