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Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Sep 9, 2023 | Replies (98)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for sharing your story. I can’t believe how similar each person story sounds to my husband. He just finished his six weeks of chemo and 28 days of radiation. But on his last day he had to go in for rehydration IV fluids, because the last two weeks he’s been unable to keep his two beating down. He can’t even keep water down. He’s miserable. Some people have said it takes a couple weeks to bounce back, but we might be in the cancer center for rehydration often. There’s no way I trust him to drive right now. I gave him his medication and he put it through his peg tube. He’s in pain often and of course that can even trigger nausea. He sleep sitting up on the couch. We bought a sleep number bed so that he can sleep at a 45° angle but lately he’s been needing to be 90°. He’s only 57 and was healthy up until this whole cancer started. This definitely is not an easy journey.
He goes to UCLA in mid August for surgery. Looks like August is going to be a popular month for this type of surgery.
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Sorry to hear he is having such a hard time. I was fortunate to only have the nausea issue in the last week of chemo and radiation. I was being stubborn and wouldn't let my wife take me to treatment but had to give in during the last week. I also needed iv hydration for a couple weeks after treatments finished and needed to take a month break before going into surgery. I have found asking for help is something we all need to do during treatments and surgery.
Unfortunately with surgery sleeping will be different for the rest of our lives. I sleep on a foam wedge that keeps anything in your stomach instead of coming up into your throat or into your lungs.
I was 60 when diagnosed and am now 63, I to other than being overweight was otherwise healthy before cancer.
With all that being said it's still worth what we go through to beat this terrible disease. Keep fighting and remember when going through this we are stronger together. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Good luck with your surgery.