Esophageal Cancer Support Group

Public Support Group

Follow for updates

Search discussions

Start a new discussion

850 total results

Comments (770)

I too was extremely nervous about the esophagectomy that was suggested for me last year after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/267228/

Discussion: Esophagectomy surgery: Want to know what to expect

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2020

Sorry to hear he is having such a hard time. I was fortunate to only have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/889013/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2023

I've posted a summary of a recent paper that appeared in this month's issue of Gastoenterology....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/874848/

Discussion: Vomiting with a closed esophagus

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 8, 2023

Update: my husband completed the chemo, six weeks and radiation 28 days approximately three weeks ago....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/900101/

Discussion: Esophageal cancer metastasized and spreading quickly

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 22, 2023

OK your story sounds very similar. My husbands tumor is 3 inches long in the exact...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/926348/

Discussion: How long after chemo radiation could you start swallowing?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2023

Thanks for this, Susan. I'm new to the forum and the disease. I was diagnosed w/...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1020231/

Discussion: Post treatment depression

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 22 5:50am

Thanks, @jamienolson ! I'm really happy to be here to learn from other survivor's journeys. You...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/153329/

Discussion: Esophageal cancer....transitioning to food

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Sep 2, 2017

Merry Christmas zzonner! The holidays come and go with the same joy as precancer when you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/986337/

Discussion: Post treatment depression

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Dec 25, 2023

I was diagnosed April 1, 2023 with adenocarcinoma the the stomach junction at 70 years old,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1022139/

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 25 8:48am

Hi , my tumor too was very high in my throat , I am now cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/241100/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2020

One of the first things that The G.I. doctor did upon diagnosis of my husbands 8...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909935/

Discussion: Any advice for eating with esophageal cancer during chemo?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2023

Hello , my experience with the surgery has been up and down but mostly up. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1114736/

Discussion: Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 30 2:49pm

@pj03, I know you were writing to @lori57216, but I thought I'd jump in with my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/906679/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 2, 2023

Hello, I have posted in the last week regarding my Husband's diagnosis a couple of you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1007944/

Discussion: Mass found Suspected Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer squamous cell

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 1 3:44pm

Hi @protonbeam, these are good questions to ask an appointment coordinator at Mayo Clinic as you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/805510/

Discussion: 3-year survival rate of those who have had esophagectomies at Mayo

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 2, 2023

And apologies for my confusion of the use of anorexia. I tend to think of anorexia...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/892672/

Discussion: Anorexia & nausea 3 months after esophagectomy

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 9, 2023

Just posting a cautiously positive update. My husband finished his chemo/radiation June 7th and had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1104548/

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 12 5:39pm

The PET scan will indeed narrow the location of the tumor down with the dye. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783027/

Discussion: Diagnosed with esophageal cancer Most scared of the Feeding Tube

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Dec 9, 2022

Here's the update: The endoscopy was done and showed severe radiation esophagitis with a tight stricture...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1087605/

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 16 6:22am

I’m having difficulty getting enough calories thru my g tube due to increased nausea ( due...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1107388/

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 17 11:48pm

Digestive Health

Follow

12665

5 minutes ago

Follow

6957

6 hours ago

Visiting Mayo Clinic

Follow

4542

8 hours ago

Follow

1063

11 hours ago

Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Follow

3715

14 hours ago