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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

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

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, 2024

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

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, 2024

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

Wow! Why didn’t I find you all earlier? I will add my story, trying to keep...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1289677/

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 25 12:22pm

My husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer almost 1 yr. ago after going to ER due...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238944/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed esophageal cancer. I have a lot of questions.

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 17 9:00am

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

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