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We are now settling into a routine.7AM Dad is finished with his twelve hour nutrion feeding. He is diconnected from the feeding tube and pump. Dad t...
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| 5 | 02/24/08 |
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Dad is Home
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February 21st. We left St. Francis at 11:00 A.M. with so many instructions and medications and perscriptions to fill. It was a forty minute ride fro...
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| 3 | 02/22/08 |
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Advice on Surgery
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My mom was diagnosed last week with Stage II-III esophageal cancer. Her doctor wants to immediate surgery to remove her esophagus and replace it with her colon....
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| 1 | 02/21/08 |
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reoccurance
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My husband was diagnosed with eso. ca in June and had surgery, and chemo but just failed his first pet scan. We were optomistic when they said ...
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| 2 | 02/21/08 |
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Day 8
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Today Dads chest tube and drain was removed. He was taken off the Nestles Nutrition bag during the day. Nestles will now only be given to dad from 7...
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| 4 | 02/20/08 |
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8 months post EC surgery, foun...
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At the age of 59, my father was diagnosed in January of 2007 with EC. His tumor was 10 cm and had very strong doses of Chemotherapy along with radiation.&...
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| 4 | 02/20/08 |
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Day 7 After Surgery
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February 19th:One week ago today dad had his surgery. Dad had three grape juices last night and three today. Not one drop of grape juice showed up i...
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| 5 | 02/19/08 |
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Day 6 After Surgery
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February 18th:I got to the hospital at 6:15 A.M. so that I could meet and talk to dads drs. Dad called me at 3:30 A.M. When I asked him what was wro...
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| 4 | 02/18/08 |
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Eating problems
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Help! My husband had his surgery on the 24 of Jan. He has a hard time eating complains of pain in bowels area after eating. Keeping anything down is good. Are t...
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| 2 | 02/17/08 |
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Need infomation on esophageal ...
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Hi, My brother who is 46 has just been diagnosised with stage 1 esophageal cancer. He started having trouble swallowing, pain in the shoulder area, stutte...
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| 3 | 02/17/08 |
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surgery versus rad/chemo/submu...
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Jonathan here,Greetings,I seem to be getting varied comments about which treatment option will be most successful long term so will appreciate any help here.bel...
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| 0 | 02/17/08 |
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Day 5 After Surgery
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Saturday February 16thThis is dad's 4th day after surgery. They removed one IV and his cathiter. He no longer has to take oxygen when he walks.&...
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| 6 | 02/16/08 |
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Tongren
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So folks, I'm curious. I've posted several things about tongren, and have had some questions and private posts go out about it. Patrick and I have done ...
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| 0 | 02/16/08 |
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Surgery is Over
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Tuesday February 12th Dr. Anderson and his team performed a Transhiatal Esophagectomy on dad. Surgery started at noon and ended at 3:30 P.M. Dad was...
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| 7 | 02/15/08 |
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My Dad saw the surg. ...
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My Dad saw the doctor who preformed his EC operation in October. He said that things seem to be going well, but since my dad went from weighing 250 to 140...
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| 4 | 02/15/08 |
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ec
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ok so heres the deal i have problems when i eat sometimes the food gets like stuck in my throat and i hiccup and eventually the food goes down it hurts but it g...
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| 1 | 02/13/08 |
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ec
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hey everyone my name is michael im 17 and im doing some research on ec ok i havent really checked into this till now and i have had these symptoms since i...
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| 5 | 02/13/08 |
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trying to help grandfather
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Hello,I am trying to help my grandfather who had esophageal cancer. He had surgery in late July to remove it. He was in the hospital for about a month aft...
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| 1 | 02/12/08 |
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Surgery is Tomorrow
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2-11-08All the tests have been done. Tomorrow I take my dad to St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. His surgery is scheduled for noon. Dr...
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| 4 | 02/11/08 |
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Hand/Skin Problems?
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My father finished is first round of Chemo/Radiation a week ago. He complained about having a "pins & needles" feeling with his hands ...
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| 1 | 02/11/08 |
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Esophagectomy
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Hello all- I recently was diagnosed with high grade dysplasia. Docs at Pennare to perform ectomy early March. Their attitude is that this will be ea...
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| 7 | 02/11/08 |
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What are the first symptoms of...
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I'm a 19 year old male. For the last month and a half I've had this weird itching/tingling/burning sensation under my right shoulderblade. It seems to p...
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| 4 | 02/11/08 |
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can you beat stage4 esophogial...
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please help. my husband has stage 4 esophogial cancer--he cant have surgey becasue of the location. for the next 4 months at least he will have 2 di...
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| 10 | 02/10/08 |
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upcoming surgery
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Hi all,Just thought I would update everyone. My husband's (EC) surgery is scheduled for the 21 of Feb. They will be doing a PET scan the day before and...
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| 3 | 02/09/08 |
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My husband's week
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This has been a rough week for my husband and I. I don't post messages that often about his condition because I feel so badly for those of you just en...
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| 5 | 02/09/08 |
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