Has anyone survived esophageal Cancer?

On 9/30/2002 Jim T. wrote:

My husband, Jim, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer on July 5 this year. He is in stage 4 with squamous cell metastatic cancer - meaning that it has spread already to the lymph nodes, which isn't good. He was told it is inoperable and incurable. He has been doing chemo (cisplatin and 5FU) and the tumor (which is between the stomach and esophagus) has not grown. This is a very aggressive form of cancer and the dr. was pleasantly surprised that it hadn't spread in the past 2 months. I feel it is because of the change in diet and lifestyle that we started. We are doing the Macrobiotic Diet and have given up red meat, white sugar, white flour, and milk products and are eating whole grains, organic vegetables and fruit, beans, soy products and soon we will be trying seaweed. That sounds awful but if it means your life, it's worth it. We personally know 2 people who have been cured of their cancer with this diet. And it makes sense. I have been reading everything I can on the internet and diet and lifestyle change seems to be the answer. The body can heal itself if you give it nutrients. There are certain foods that can kill (suffocate) cancer cells. I have about 15 pages of typed notes that I have accumulated on diet and curing cancer if you are interested. You need to read the book "When Hope Never Dies" by Marlene McKenna and "Beating Cancer with Nutrition" by Patrick Quillin. I feel it can be beat! Judy T. Holland, MI

On 6/7/2005 Cindyrae wrote:

My husband, 40 years old, was diagnosed with Stage IV Esophageal CA with metastasis to lymph nodes & liver,"too numerous too count", in October 2004. He was given 6 months to 1 year to live. We were devastated. After the initial shock wore off, we put our faith in God & carried on. He has had 4 cycles of Cisplatin & Camptosar. He also takes "Essiac Tea" twice a day & vitamins. We just had our 2nd set of CT Scans. The lesions in the liver are now "barely detectable". God is so good. Do not let what the MD's say discourage you & your faith. They only tell you what the textbooks & statistics teach them. God is the only one who knows what path your life will follow. Prayer & faith is so important in this disease. You must stay strong, focused & truly believe you are going to beat this horrible beast!! God can perform miracles! It can be done! God bless.

Hello, my grandma is 70 yrs young and was diagnosed as stage IV in oct of 2006. She did not show any symptoms or signs that anything was wrong up to this point. She was on chemo and radiation for 6 wks, and had physical therapy in the home as well. We have been told by her dr that there is nothing else they can do basically. Like your husband it has spread into her liver and also into her back.  We just started today some vitamins such as B-100 complex, ph basic and noni extract capsules. She is unable to swallow almost nothing and takes all her nutrients by feeding tube, I am also looking into getting a product to try that is alternative medicine. I am so close to her and its hard to see her wasting away. You had mentioned some tea that your husband is on..can you tell me where to buy it? Also, did you have to convince the dr. to try him on cisplatin, etc?  Her dr. told her that they can do 2 more sessions of radiation therapy to help with the pain and that is it.  How is your husband doing? Is he completely well?

Thanks for any advice you can give!

On 10/17/2002 Jim T. wrote:

Just an update on my husband who has stage 4 esophageal cancer that is "incurable and inoperable"...We have changed pretty much to a vegetarian diet (macrobiotic). In the last couple months we have had chicken a couple times and steak a couple times but it is always organic. He is doing great! He is taking chemo only but I'm not sure that that is helping at all as sometimes he gets pretty sick from it. I have been reading everything I can on it - alternative seems like our only hope with this type of cancer. We have met with 2 people who survived cancer by changing to this diet. Both were in Stage 4 but both were also melanoma. Jim is eating 5-7 fruits and veggies a day (the more colorful, the more vitamins in them.) Miso (fermented soybean paste) has been said to suffocate cancer cells so he's doing Miso soup once a day. He eats no dairy, eggs, white flour or sugar. He is juicing a pound of carrots a day (for his Vitamin A beta carotene -a cancer fighter), taking barley green, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, Flaxseed, Coenzyme Q-10 and Grapeseed. He is doing visualization and breathing exercises (to relax and get oxygen into the bloodstream). Cancer hates oxygen (but loves sugar!) My advice is read, read, read and pray, pray, pray. You must read "When Hope Never Dies" (a survivor's story) and "Cancer Diagnosis-What to do Next" (alternative medicine. My husband feels great, looks great, can swallow without any problem now and can eat anything and everything. You would never know he has cancer! I don't know what part of our change in lifestyle has helped him but we're going to continue doing what we are doing! Write me if you have questions. Judy T.

Hello,

My grandmother also has stage IV esophageal cancer, and has pretty much been deemed terminal by her dr. I was wondering if we could switch her to the macrobiotic diet, she currently takes a product called glucerna that is given to her 3 times daily through her feeding tube since she is unable to swallow.  Any advice?

Thanks!

Hello,

My grandmother also has stage IV esophageal cancer, and has pretty much been deemed terminal by her dr. I was wondering if we could switch her to the macrobiotic diet, she currently takes a product called glucerna that is given to her 3 times daily through her feeding tube since she is unable to swallow. I tried to put her on ph Basic, which I found in a natural foods store, because from what I have been reading it is important to balance the ph, also noni capsules which are broken up and put into a drink along with vitamin b complex into her nutritional drink that is put into her feeding tube. But she has been getting a bad stomach ache, which she did not have before we started her on the medication.  Any advice?

Thanks!

Hello Judy,  My name is Vonda and I am very new to this site. 

My father was daignosed with esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma) back in June 2005.  He underwent Chemo, radiation and finally surgery to remove the cancerous part of his esophageous as well as respositioning his stomach.  He faired well through all, but the cancer came back this past Jan. 2007.  He has just finished his fourth chemo treatment (5fu) a week ago.  As you probably know, the side effects are horrendous.  I am desperately looking for any info. that I can get my hands on from other patients as well as any kind of diet/lifetsyle changes.  I firmly believe that food can heal, but feel overwhelmed at times with where to start.  My father is a true southern boy and loves his fatty meat and foods.  I believe that if I can get him on some sort of diet that produces positive results, then he will be more open to change.  I obviously want to extend my fathers life as long as I can and that is why I have ended up at this site, just searching for any info that I might find.  I read your messages and was wondering how your husband is doing now, 5 years later and was hoping for some direction.

Thank you in advance, for your time and any info that you could pass along.  Again I hope your husband is doing well and I would love to know his current status.

 Sincerely,

 Vonda