Esophageal, and wonder if it is considered one of the cancers here. I cover the markers too.

And he covered all of the markers as well.

Got my son vaccinated last year.

My doctors have concern with Esophageal cancer. More because of extreme heart burn for decades. They came up with barrett's esophagus. Any info you think I ought to know?

I hope you are doing well, now.

I would go to smart patients.com and participate.

At this time last year, couldn't swallow. First ER visit on Halloween. Nothing. Went days with eating or drinking. Another unproductive ER visit, buta referral to a GI on my plan. He was booked way out. I got aggro and got an appt much sooner. Could not get past mass stuck in esophagus, ordered to ER for removal. Another GI removed it and biobsy on Dec 12. Cancer.
My ex wife was dying from cancer at this time as well.
I pressed my insurance and got into oncology. Chemo, 6 weeks, radiation daily everyday for 8. 6 weeks rest. May 11, ivor-lewis esophectomy. 8 hospital days. I really worked hard using the spirometer before surgery and walking. Came through like a champ.

But. Recovery was quick. Or sort of recovery. The bile thing is tough. Sleeping is real hard. Wedge pillow, posturepedic, being able to turn o my side brings the bile. So does bending over. I tire easily, and food is very tough to deal with. I'm having a dilation on Friday, my second. Some have twenty or more. Some foods you used to eat, you won't be able to. The crapping thing too. You never know which foods will displease the volcano.

It may be hard talking about it so if so, I am sorry. Thank you though for your information. I have a strong need to be educated in health issues and a persons hands on experience is the best for me. Thank you.

Continued healing then.

I ma of the mind I might have to eliminate a lot of the foods and drinks I enjoy. I totally understand the bending down, or the laying on side issue.

Thank you.

its all i talk about. Friends especially. Apparently I look great, even though I've lost 80 lbs, am a wrinkly shell of the man I was a year ago. I was training to top half dome on my birthday in July, so I never looked better than I did before diagnosis.
A lot of people are "glad You're alive" and see a need to tell you that, constantly. I still did a lot of stuff the whole time. Concerts, festivals etc. They became targets. I want to have this done by an event......made most, and have a big one next weekend.

seriously, join smart patients. get on the esophogeal cancer board. Im there. great info and support.

Food is a problem. some foods i loved, I dont like anymore. pickeled especially. Chunky meats? nope.

I sleep in a easy chair or a zero gravity lounger. or even sitting up completely.

Two rounds of chemo and radiation, surgery on his neck. We went to a specialist when it seemed a laryngectomy was the only thing to save him, but he and the tumor board recommended palliative care. We talked to Hospice.... HOWEVER our oncologist wants to give Keytruda a shot. Going in this morning for his first round.

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GET YOUR BOYS VACCINATED!!!

And I hope that things go well for you both.

It's been an 18 month journey. I think my husband would almost prefer hospice.

of course no words can convey

My stepmother chose it, and it was an informed decision.

I'm sorry your husband is going through this- I hope the new med works

He is 100% tube fed. His first bought was in 2008. He had a neck dissection and went through radiation. At that time,it was only in 3 lymph nodes. He recovered nicely and we married in 2009. He continued to work and play guitar and SING in a band. Fast forward to 2016. In January he started speaking funny and having trouble swallowing. He went to ENT and was told it was from the radiation he had in 2008. Symptoms got a lot worse and went back. The doctor scoped his neck and said it wasn’t cancer. In June of 2016 he woke me up at 4am and was hemorrhaging from his mouth. I rushed him to ER and they called the medical university in Charleston SC. He was given an emergency tracheotomy because he was choking on the blood and clots, and was flown by helicopter to MUSC in Charleston. Long story short we found out the next day he had a stage 4 Mass at the base of the tongue it was cutting off the blood supply to his tongue. Only way to save his life was a total glossectomy( removal of tongue). We were devastated. They removed the tongue and rebuilt him a tongue like mound out of his thigh muscle. 33 radiation treatments and 6 chemo treatments later we went home and are still adjusting to our new normal. The reconstruction allows him to speak but with a Severe impediment. He is 100% tube fed and can only swallow a little soup at night. He’s blessed to be alive and has a Great attitude about it, but he has his sad days as well. It all started with a lump in his neck in 2008. I noticed it in 2005 when we were dating and I asked him about it. He said his family doc told him it was probably swollen because of an earlier illness and never went back to normal size. If you ever have a lump on your neck go to doc immediately. I wouldn’t wish this on my worse enemy. Well except The moron in the White House. 😉

I hope that the HPV vaccine will spare others this situation.

I wish you both the best.

Absolutely... all 3 of my kids were (or will be) vaccinated.

If the virus can be transmitted by saliva, sharing a doobie is a very high risk activity. Legalizing pot should cut down on the impetus to do so -- little need to share if nobody's lacking a supply.

One of the things I like (as a non user) about living in a state where pot is legal are all the different delivery methods. Our transplant patients shouldn’t smoke anything, but there are very good alternatives to it. One of my patients uses a kind of inhaler infused with lemongrass.

would be a factor.

I doubt that having enough to go around would stop people from sharing tho.

aside from rolling you over and extracting your wallet.

So if I had oral sex with a woman, smoked a joint, or had multiple sex partners in the 70s/80s, I'm gonna die. A

freaking painful, damn death at that.

Who wants to that?

Hoping for alternatives, that's all.

Perhaps you should, because your post seems to indicate some very misdirected anger.

I sent an email with the article linked to all my children and told them to pass it on to their friends. I will also send it to all my nieces and nephews and instructed them all to get the HPV immunization, and to also pass this info on to friends and acquaintances. This is an ugly and deadly disease that no one should have to suffer from if they get immunized.

Pass it on.

Clearly vaccines are much more lethal than cancer.