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Esophageal Cancer Discussions

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what to expect
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Hey All..I'm new here and by reading so many of the stories, I have found myself digging for answers. My husband was dx'ed stage3, 1N in November. They ...
801/28/08 Message Rating
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If anyone could give me ANY in...
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We found my father had esophageal cancer in September 2007.  He went through a 9 hour surgery in October 2007. He came through the surgery great....
601/27/08 Message Rating
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Dr Safran from Brown
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Has anyone here heard of Dr Safran or been treated by him? I did my research and he seems to have been around EC for a while and has done a lot of work with it ...
201/27/08 Message Rating
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Last Test Before Treatment?
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Friday my 83 year old father under went an Endoscopic Ultrasound. His doctor told us this test would definitely let us know if surgery should take place.The doc...
301/26/08 Message Rating
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Seems Like It's Back
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It's been two days and i haven't been able to say it.  Although the early December CT was clean, the emergency bowel resection on Christmas with al...
401/26/08 Message Rating
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Hi again from Annie
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Hi all. We have had a fairly even ride last 10 months. No chemo. or radiation since then. His doctor watches the tumor marker and our last PET scan 1-4-08 showe...
101/25/08 Message Rating
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Peripheral Neuropathy
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After 19 weeks of treatment with virtually no side effects, other than losing his hair, my husband finished his chemo the end of November. Last week he began to...
501/25/08 Message Rating
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My Mother - An update (ChrisZ)
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Hi everyone - first of all, thank you to everyone who has responded to me.  Your words have all been very encouraging.  A quick recap - my mom was dia...
701/25/08 Message Rating
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Surgery Completed on 2 January...
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To everyone that has helped me on this forum a big thank you. I went into surgery on 2 Jan. 11:15 am and was completed at 7:00 pm that night.I opened my eyes at...
1101/25/08 Message Rating
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Dad's Surgery 1/23
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My dad's surgery was yesterday morning.  He went in around 6:15 and they called us from the recovery room around 1:00.  The surgeon came up and sa...
701/24/08 Message Rating
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Boyfriend just diagnosed...
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Hi all!!I have been reading here for a while...and have appreciated SO vey much everyone's stories.My BF was diagnosed stage 3 on 2 january...he is staying ...
901/23/08 Message Rating
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10 long days since Shann left
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Hi all once again thanks for all your kind words and support. Its been a whirlwind sine fri the 11th. Planning a funeral service for your wife was unbelievably ...
801/21/08 Message Rating
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Top Treatment Centers?
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I would love to have a "Top 10" of treatment facilities for EC. What does everyone think?
1001/21/08 Message Rating
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What happens when you miss a t...
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Hello All,I thought I would update what was going on with my daddy and once again ask another question. What happens when you miss a chemo treatment? I mentione...
301/20/08 Message Rating
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thanks
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thank you all for your kind words. Its gotta get easier day by day cause it really sucks right now mike 
201/18/08 Message Rating
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Food taste bad after surgery
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Hello,Let me introduce myself, my name is Traci and my father, Bob, age 66 has EC, diagnoised in Aug, sugery Dec 19th. I can't seem to find an answer to the...
601/18/08 Message Rating
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How much weight loss is too mu...
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Hi all..My father has EC, and we've just begun a laser type treatment.  The problem is he is very thin...he was a small man to begin with.  The la...
301/18/08 Message Rating
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Homeopathic Meds
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Has anyone had any success with homeopathic meds. for nausea? This week has been tough. His next treatment is scheduled for tomorrow. We called the drs. office ...
801/16/08 Message Rating
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Scared that the beast will com...
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Hi, I am a 1 year 2.5 Month survivor of stage 3 esophageal cancer - I still am petrified that the beast will come back.  Is this normal.  I had c...
1201/16/08 Message Rating
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Dad diagnosed last month...new...
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I've only been here a week or so, but my Dad was diagnosed with EC last month (December '07).  He had a CAT scan that didn't show anything, but...
501/15/08 Message Rating
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added treatments
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Hi I am interested in any added treatments to standard chemo. I have stage 4 EC, 54 yo f, responded well to 5FU and oxaliplatinum, now on taxotere. I start...
001/15/08 Message Rating
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Different kinds of chemo?
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Hi All,Sorry I've posted so many questions. The more I read the more questions I think of! Daddy is on cisplatin and irinotecan. He has EC with mets. to the...
101/14/08 Message Rating
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How do you know chemo is worki...
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The dr. told us that at the end of cycle 2 and cycle 4 daddy would be evaluated to see if the cancer had shrunk. She said that she routinely does a CT scan to d...
401/14/08 Message Rating
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Hello All!
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I happened to stumble upon this site the other night while searching on the internet.  I have read alot about what other patients, caregivers, and family m...
701/14/08 Message Rating
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after surgery
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i had surgery at the tampa v.a. on 12-12 i came home on 12 -21,so far no problems,i ask to keep my feeding tube because cancer was found in my stomach durning s...
001/14/08 Message Rating
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