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No Surgery
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Well things did not go well!!We met with the surgeon on Wed. to do the PET scan before the surgery on Thursday. The PET came back bad. Seems his liver lit up li...
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| 3 | 02/24/08 |
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Dads Routine So Far
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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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