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Throat Radiation After-Effects, Aspiration & Suffocating Mucous
I am a 61-year-old woman that finished the last of 35 radiation treatments last March 2020. Since then, I have had pneumonia and other lung...
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Nausea and low appetite a month after last radiation
I am 49 years old. Been on dialysis for 28 years now. Also have Chronic Liver Disease from Hep C which was successfully treated in...
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Symptoms after chemo and radiation: Worried cancer is back?
My 75-year-old mother was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma (10 cm mass with distal thickening in the lower esophagus) back in June. She completed 6 weeks of...
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Update on son's esophagus cancer (radiation & chemo first)
My son had his port and feeding tube in yesterday. there was a lot of scar tissue from an old hiatal hernia, the dr cut...
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Fatigue after radiation/chemo for esophageal junction cancer
Two weeks out from rad/chem for T3 esophageal junction cancer. Good health and pretty fit before treatments. Fatigue is awful. Anyone have experience with extreme...
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A turn for the better: feeling better after radiation and chemo
After 28 radiation and 6 chemo treatments ending on Jan3rd 2023 i was in bad shape; spending 20 hours a day in bed, no solid...
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Scar tissue in throat caused by radiation and chemo treatment
Is there anything done to remove scar tissue so you can eat?
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NG feeding tube before radiation symptoms begin? Or when?
I’ve started on radiation therapy and completed a week. They have not suggested any chemo for me.Do those on radiation therapy alone always get a...
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Has anyone made it through radiation and chemo without a feeding tube?
My husband had surgery first and is recovering well, but the port for the feeding tube, that he is told probably will be necessary during...
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How long after chemo radiation could you start swallowing?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-long-after-chemo-radiation-could-you-start-swallowing/
My husband has a 3” cancer at the bottom esophagus- top of stomach. It seems that after all treatments 28 radiation and 6 chemo you...
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I am wondering if anyone on here has tried or heard of the PENTO protocol. pentoxifylline...
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@rlrlavender well i i am in remission from stage 4 esophageal cancer after being diagnosed with...
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Hi from Tasmania, I had radio and chemotherapy together (finishing in April 2024) so may not...
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Hi, and welcome! My husband was originally diagnosed with stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the...
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I only had stage 2 squammous cell and had radiation chemo then esophagectomy, try Liquid Hope...
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