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Yenchy
Esophageal cancer
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I underwent surgery for esophageal cancer in which they removed my esophagus. However in connecting my stomach, 6 days later I had to have my stomach removed due to lack of blood supply getting to it! I am on a feeding tube and a spit ...
Yenchy Category Digestive 4d
Arby1
Esophagogastrectomy Surgery Soon
3 75
My surgery is scheduled in a couple weeks. I've been through "neoadjuvant" chemo and radiation treatment and am recovering well from that. I am (understandably, I think) a bit nervous about this procedure. It would be interesting to ...
Arby1 Category Digestive Mar '21
Pickle24
Small bowel cancer
4 32
Is there anyone here who is dealing with or has dealt with this rare type of cancer. My husband has been recently diagnosed and remains in hospital struggling to get well enough to come home. It’s been so frustrating being apart.
Pickle24 Category Digestive Feb '21
Tjphee
Newly diagnosed Esophageal cancer.
39 21
Good evening. On December 24th my birthday, I received confirmation of an endoscopy results.  I go next week for CT scan. In what I’ve been reading there is not a good outcome. It was difficult pulling off Christmas. I wanted everyone to ...
Tjphee Category Digestive Dec '20
EB91
Mom stage 4 esophagus cancer
8 3
Hello everyone! My mother was diagnosed initially stage 3 adenocarcinoma esophagus cancer. We then found out there was a 8mm lesion on her liver, which bumped her to stage 4. She went through treatment (5 days of chemo, 25 days of ...
EB91 Category Digestive Dec '20
EB91
Mom stage 4 esophagus cancer
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Hello everyone! My mother was diagnosed initially stage 3 adenocarcinoma esophagus cancer. We then found out there was a 8mm lesion on her liver, which bumped her to stage 4. She went through treatment (5 days of chemo, 25 days of ...
EB91 Category Digestive Dec '20
Lucky-Asparagus
Concerns About Gastroscopy Results
1 7
Hello everyone,  I posted last week about my anxiety after having a colonoscopy/gastroscopy. I received a call from the surgeon today and he told me that one polyp was removed from my colon and while it was found to be pre-cancerous, ...
Lucky-Asparagus Category Digestive Dec '20
Lacey_Moderator
Treated with fluoropyrimidine: 5-FU or ...
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Contact: jigna.mistry@ontariohealth.ca
Lacey_Moderator Category Digestive Nov '20
lja
Esophageal Cancer, Shortness of breath
3 5
My husband has esophageal cancer.  He starts treatments in 2 weeks.  He is having terrible shortness of breath.  I'd be very grateful for any information from someone who has been through this and any advice.  Also, just wanted to say ...
lja Category Digestive Oct '20
JCreese
How to get the ball rolling
19 5
My name is Jennifer, and my husband and I live in the Fredericton area of New Brunswick. 2 weeks ago it was discovered that my husband has large mass in his esophagus. Biopsy was performed right away, and CT scan was done a few days later. ...
JCreese Category Digestive Oct '20
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