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Hi Deb, I’m 15 months post esophagectomy (Ivor Lewis) but have not had problems with anaemia...

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Hi Deb, I’m 15 months post esophagectomy

Discussion: Ivor Lewis and anaemia

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 26 6:49pm

I have been performing esophagectomy for 20 years now, and many of our patients are able...

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I have been performing esophagectomy

Discussion: Living life after treatment and surgery for Esophageal Cancer.

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2023

Thanks for the posts. No he hasn't had an esophagectomy. He sleeps with bed elevated. The...

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No he hasn't had an esophagectomy

Discussion: Pneumonia keeps coming back (stage 4 esophageal cancer)

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jul 21, 2024

beachpoet: Thanks very much for sharing this information. I had an esophagectomy in December 2022 and...

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I had an esophagectomy in December 2022

Discussion: Anyone have hot flashes after esophagectomy?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2023

For most of us, depending on the chemo regimen we do, and especially if we've had...

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especially after treatments and then esophagectomy

Discussion: Tastebuds have gone to sleep: How to get taste back?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 5 7:08am

Hi Deb, they didn’t cut my chest they cut from my chest down to the navel...

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Every one undergoing esophagectomy gets

Discussion: Looking for others' experiences with Esophageal Cancer treatments

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 11 7:04am

"I will survive. " Gloria Gaynor I wasn't quite recovered completely from cancer #1 (esophageal, esophagectomy...

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completely from cancer #1 (esophageal, esophagectomy

Discussion: What songs of resilience inspire you?

Support Group: Cancer

Posted: Apr 18, 2024

I agree, oxygen can be beneficial for healing. I just wish I could get off it...

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discussed (for me) is called a Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Discussion: Esophagectomy surgery: Want to know what to expect

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Sep 18, 2021

Let's wait and see what the lung biopsy shows. It is important to understand that esophagectomy...

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It is important to understand that esophagectomy ... surgeon has to know that performing the esophagectomy

Discussion: Esopagectomy cancelled

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Nov 4, 2024

Me personally... no, I don't eat during the night time while sleeping. But I do know...

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do the opposite of how most of us esophagectomy ... But on our Zoom calls, some esophagectomy

Discussion: Living life after treatment and surgery for Esophageal Cancer.

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 22 3:00pm

Lori, to share my story and not to scare you but my December EGD showed no...

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August esophagectomy at Mayo Rochester

Discussion: Esophagectomy surgery: Want to know what to expect

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 21, 2022

I was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer Dec of 2018 and subsequently had chemo, proton...

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radiation followed by an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 16, 2023

Looks like the November session will happen a week after I have esophagectomy at University of...

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session will happen a week after I have esophagectomy

Event: Esophageal Cancer Support Monthly Meeting

Posted: Oct 27, 2022

He has had chemo and radiation treatments and then an esophagectomy. He was on a feeding...

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and radiation treatments and then an esophagectomy

Discussion: Esophagus Stent Food Question

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Sep 23, 2024

Not long winded at all. I truly appreciate you sharing your success story I am a...

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surgeons performing the Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 25, 2024

So sorry to hear. Perhaps combining Zofran with your food would help with the nausea/vomiting. My...

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tissue in his remaining esophagus (had esophagectomy

Discussion: Eating and Esophageal Cancer: Anorexia 18 months after Ivor Lewis

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: May 26, 2023

The survival rates depend on his specific situation, what stage was determined after surgery, were the...

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I am getting my esophagectomy July 3

Discussion: Survival Statistics

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 27 12:26pm

What is your husband... stage 1a... 1b? Or did you mean stage 2 (certainly not stage...

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OK to just do treatments and forgo esophagectomy

Discussion: Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Apr 25 9:55am

I’m in the same fortunate spot as Don. Diagnosed with stage 3-4 cancer January of 2023....

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(with 3 more chemo sessions) then Esophagectomy

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Aug 8, 2024

So I have been advised that I need an esophagectomy. Extremely nervous about the risks that...

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I have been advised that I need an esophagectomy

Discussion: Esophagectomy surgery: Want to know what to expect

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2020