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. In June 07 he had a successful esophagectomy and was told the cancer did not spread to any surrounding organs. Then again in August 07, he was having severe pain in his low right back, buttocks, leg and foot. The pain was crippling and was told it was the piriformous muscle. After 3 unsuccessful attempts at pain management, the doctor told him he could no longer help him. He has PET scans every 3 months. In October 07 he had his first PET scan post op. A small mass was located but the Oncologist (who is wonderful and goes out of his way to help my father) said he did not feel this was a result of the EC, highly unllikely it would travel from the Esophagus to the leg. The oncologist along with my fathers family doctor, sent him to a neurosurgeon. She said it was definitly the piriformous muscle and sent him to an orthopedic doctor. The day my father saw the orthopedic doctor, who is a head honcho at UH in Cleveland, Ohio, scheduled my father for surgery in two weeks to remove the pirifourmous muscle. That night, he ended up in the hospital w/a blood clot to the same leg. This Doctor never caught it. Told my mom to just put ted hose on the swollen foot/leg. Needless to say, I told my parents they should not see this doctor again. He had another PET scan due to the nonstop severe pain in the leg, his oncologist found another doctor, Orthopedic Oncologist. Now, as of 2-19 they had located a mass wrapped around the sciatic nerve and into the bone and one in the groin area. The mass in the leg is 5cm X 6cm. Due to being on cumodin, he has to wait to see when he can start the Lovonox. They will then do a biopsy. My father is the second person I have heard that after EC, a mass was found in the groin area. Does anyone know if is connected to the EC or have any information on this for us? Nothing can move forward until his INR levels are at a good level to start the lovonex to do the biopsy to see what type of cancer it is. We are at a loss and have no answers. Sorry this post is so long, this is my first post.
Thanks for any help
kim