Esophageal Cancer

[livingwith]

My husband had stomach pains for years. He was treated for acid reflux, nexium wasn’t helping so he went back to the Dr who said he had a virus and gave him an antibiotic.
That didn’t help so he gave him a pain medicine. He never did a test of any kind to determine his problem.
The last time he went I told him to insist on some tests. They scheduled him for a CT scan that did not show anything. Then they did an ultra sound that also did not show cancer. Finally they did an endo...Read the full article

[mickster]

I was diagnosed with Esophageal cancer in Nov. of 2003 and immediately started Chemo and radiation
in Feb. of 2004 I had an Esophogectomy ( this was a protcol from The Minnie Pearl center in Nashville )
I weaned myself off the feeding tube in April of 2004 and went back to mowing yards in FL. I am 56 years old and no one ever suspects I was ever sick

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[EsphagealCancer]

We found my father had Esophagus Cancer in September 2007 - He want through the surgery in October 2007. He has Stage 3 cancer and it is through is lymp node track. He is going through chemo and radiation. He was doing well with the treatments until about 2 weeks ago. Now he is very sick. He came through the surgery great. His doctor, while in the hopsital, asked my father to speak with a man who was getting ready for the prucedure but very nervous. From what my family has been through so far, I think the hardest part is the treatment, not the surgery.