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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

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, 2024

@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

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

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

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, 2024

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

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

I'm 7 weeks post op from my Esophagectomy. First, everyone's experience is different and unique to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1205103/

Discussion: Esophageal cancer treatment: Anyone have good experiences to share?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jan 6 8:35am

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, 2024

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, 2024

He's not short of breath at all thank goodness. The leg swelling is really the only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1111104/

Discussion: Drop in ejection fraction after chemoradiation

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

My husband is 4 years out from treatment of Stage II (T3 N2 M0) HPV positive...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/966467/

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer & Dilations

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Nov 17, 2023

Thank you for sharing your story. I can’t believe how similar each person story sounds to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/888960/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2023

I was diagnosed with stage 4 squamous cell esophageal carcinoma in January 2019. I endured 25...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/866275/

Discussion: Has anyone undergone the folfox chemo treatment?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 25, 2023

I had my esophagectomy at St Mary's in Rochester, MN April of 2019 and prior to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1019476/

Discussion: New onset of Retching: What might be causing it? Gastric pull-up?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2024

Hi. I had chemo and radiation then a month to recover. I too was built like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/871843/

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 3, 2023

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, 2024

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

I have UTUC and was told from the very beginning that it's very aggressive and even...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/902255/

Discussion: Has your oncologist or cancer team member ever downplayed side effect

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 26, 2023

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