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I was T3-n0. Did Carbo/Taxel chemo once a week for 5 weeks along with 25 proton...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1012588/

Discussion: any comments on immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 9, 2024

When I was first diagnosed with esophageal cancer, I was constantly coughing and could not swallow...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/861429/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with esophageal cancer.

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 17, 2023

I also had radiation on my back. The last three days of treatment I asked the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790719/

Discussion: My Dad has terrible burns from radiation. Any suggestions to help?

Support Group: Cancer

Posted: Dec 31, 2022

I completed radiation in early September and I have very dry mouth, especially at night. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/782289/

Discussion: Scar tissue in throat caused by radiation and chemo treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 8, 2022

I too went through the same regimen of radiation and chemo, and as with the previous...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919590/

Discussion: Has anyone gotten relief from esophageal cancer cough? Help.

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 27, 2023

For most of us, depending on the chemo regimen we do, and especially if we've had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1320646/

Discussion: Tastebuds have gone to sleep: How to get taste back?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 5 7:08am

I have esophageal cancer and have had 3 rounds of chemo so far. Spitting up phlegm,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781025/

Discussion: My dad has stage 4 esophagus cancer: Can't keep anything down

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Dec 5, 2022

Hi there, I am currently walking along side a family who has a member with esophageal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1309892/

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 21 7:59pm

Hi, I am walking alongside a family who is on this journey of EC. Chemo and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1309899/

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 21 8:17pm

Hello Kelly, I am so sorry that your husband is going thru this. I am now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/698540/

Discussion: Excessive Mucus with Esophageal Cancer

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 12, 2022

@56899t52 my husband has opted to not have the surgery either. He is 79 years old...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/879706/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 16, 2023

After discovering spread to one lymph node, did they complete the surgery? If not, have you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870742/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 1, 2023

My treatment -- chemo/radiation, surgery, follow-up scans, meds -- came in just short of $1M (not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1263905/

Discussion: How much did your surgery cost?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Mar 22 8:27am

My feeding tube was put in week two at Mayo. Week one was this order of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1035104/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with esophageal cancer

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Mar 17, 2024

Having just been the beneficiary of a very skilled Cancer Care Team at Mayo Clinic -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/953519/

Discussion: Esophageal cancer or not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

I finished my radiation monday, June 8 and had round 2 chemo Wed10th -Fri 12th. Between...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1105305/

Discussion: What was your experience immediately following RT/chemo?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 14, 2024

Happy Friday to everyone. My husband's treatment plan has been finalized for his recurrent ESCC. He's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1057685/

Discussion: Squamous cell EC recurrence: Got questions about chemoradiation

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2024

Not sure how many lymph nodes were removed during original surgery. A few years ago, lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1047113/

Discussion: Doctor said all margins were good, but still needs immunotherapy. Why?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2024

Hey Nathalie. My husband turned 51 in July. He was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer in April...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980831/

Discussion: My husband diagnosed 4 weeks ago -Esophageal Cancer- HELP

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Dec 15, 2023

I had the stent put in back in 2021. It was originally supposed to be the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859205/

Discussion: Vomiting with a closed esophagus

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 13, 2023

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