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Hi @evamarie0077, I add my welcome. I enjoyed reading that you are someone who likes to...

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Discussion: After radiation: Tracheotomy, feeding tube and hard to swallow

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Mar 1, 2021

Hi there, My heart goes out to you as my journey was very similar to what...

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jan 12, 2024

Everyone is different. My husband had an esophagectomy in June 2023—also small and isolated cancer—and he...

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Discussion: Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 29, 2024

Thank you all. My Dad has done folfox and a few others when they weren't as...

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Discussion: New Here: Dad has Stage 4 - What's next after 2 years?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 16, 2023

Amieevuk I am sorry to learn of your sister's diagnosis and her esophageal obstruction. As she...

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Discussion: Occluded esophagus, how to vomit?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Nov 15, 2023

Can't be sure your exact data... age, cancer type, tumor location, etc. What matters most however...

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Discussion: NG feeding tube before radiation symptoms begin? Or when?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Mar 31 6:55am

I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer 3weeks ago. I had Acid reflux disease as far as...

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Discussion: 365 days later after surgery to remove esophageal cancer at Mayo

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Sep 4, 2023

Hi thank you for your reply. I was at stage 2.and I am certainly not sure...

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Discussion: I am now a 76 year old male and had esophageal cancer 12 years ago

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Mar 5 2:20pm

Yes, it is common to cut back on the Oxaliplatin... maybe first to 75%, or even...

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Discussion: Too much oxalyplatin?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Dec 27, 2023

Throat My esophageal cancer story started with a trip to the ER while on vacation when...

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Discussion: Which specialist to diagnose esophagus?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 17, 2023

Same to you. I had my 3rd dilation done 2 weeks ago performed by an oncothoracic...

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Discussion: Esophagus cancer with other health issues

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 16, 2023

Thank you for sharing about your wife. All I know is my sis was diagnosed 2018...

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Discussion: We are from Canada and my husband was just diagnosed yesterday.

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2023

Hi Colleen, Thank you for reaching out as this has been quite a new journey for...

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Discussion: Mass found Suspected Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer squamous cell

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 19, 2024

I had an esophogectomy in 2020 on my birthday, 9/1. (The cancer was found during a...

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Discussion: Post treatment depression

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2024

Hi John William (@jwkelly72), I'm just catching up with the discussions in the Esophageal Cancer support...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903051/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 27, 2023

I'm 50 and have stage 3 b esophagus cancer, was misdiagnosed for 10 months as dysphagia...

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Discussion: Esophageal cancer metastasized and spreading quickly

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 26, 2023

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer October of 2019 and had surgery February 2020. Was feeling...

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Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2023

My husband had an esophagectomy in June 2023 but didn’t need chemo or radiation. He has...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1160884/

Discussion: Platelet count continues to drop since finishing chemo

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Oct 22, 2024

We were very vague in the question. My husband has stage four. Surgery was not an...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1143964/

Discussion: Esophagus Stent Food Question

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Stop having any feelings or biases about any part of this EC journey... what we're all...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118133/

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 5, 2024

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