Has anyone experienced inconsistent swallowing with adenocarcinoma esophageal cancer? My brother cannot swallow during the day and can only swallow at night. If you have, do you know what causes it? If so, can you please share if you had a remedy?

I had cancerous tumor in lower esophagus and also had 28 days of chemo and radiation. After 6 weeks of introductory chemo, the tumor shrunk 40%. I also had similar symptoms. I could not swallow whole food, so I got feeding tube and used it for several months as I also could not swallow Ensure or Boost. I was constantly coughing up phelm and was always tired. I lost about 20 pounds, but I did not have serious pain. It took about 6 weeks after treatment before I really started feeling better. I pray you start feeling better. Let me know if I can help answer questions?

I started the chemo rad treatment Sept. 26 last year for the same cancer. It was such aggressive treatment and I ended up not being able to keep anything down by the end of chemo w one week to go of proton therapy. I ended up in the hospital on IVs for a week afterwards, and finally able to keep food and drink down. Please know that this therapy takes a toll on your body and chemo can cause muscle atrophy. I lost 20 pounds in two weeks, was inactive, and I am still trying to recover my strength, especially in my shoulders. I was referred to PT, and I recommend this for those who lose muscle from such dramatic weight loss and atrophy. Keep us posted.

From my wife’s recent experience, I think you can have faith that the radiation is effectively killing the cancer cells. Her worst weeks were the last week of radiation and the two weeks afterwards. Then, the inflammation seemed to quickly reduce, and before long she was eating completely normally again and feeling much, much better. That continued until her surgery. So she had a good period of time to recover and feel well prior to surgery. I hope the same will be true for you!