Esophageal Cancer Support Group
Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes. Esophageal tumors usually lead to dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other symptoms, and is diagnosed with biopsy. Small and localized tumors are treated with surgery, and advanced tumors are treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or combinations.
Hi everyone - just wanted to give you all some good news.
Saw my surgeon yesterday after having a CT scan and everything is looking tip top. No sign of cancer anywhere woohoo and am feeling great.
Still get very tired each day & would like to crawl into bed straight after work lol but make myself stay up until at least 9 pm (that's late for granma) teehee
He doesn't want to see me for another year which is good news.
I still say a prayer everyday for my gastro dr who literally saved my life by finding the cancer early on (stage 1).
Cheers Annie
Saw my surgeon yesterday after having a CT scan and everything is looking tip top. No sign of cancer anywhere woohoo and am feeling great.
Still get very tired each day & would like to crawl into bed straight after work lol but make myself stay up until at least 9 pm (that's late for granma) teehee
He doesn't want to see me for another year which is good news.
I still say a prayer everyday for my gastro dr who literally saved my life by finding the cancer early on (stage 1).
Cheers Annie
GREAT News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I understand about being tired every day. Unfortunately, this has never gotten much better for me. After a while, though, you just adapt and continue on.
Interesting about your Gastro finding your tumor. That's how I discovered mine. Routine scope to find out why I had problems swallowing.
This is a really good accomplishment. So many don't get there, you can be pleased at getting this far.
Next stop, TWO years!!!!!!!!!!!!
We'll keep you and everyone else in our prayers.
All the best,
Fred
Funny thing is with finding out about the EC is when I had a colonoscopy he asked why I was taking Omeprazole and I said it was for indigestion etc. He scoped me a few weeks later and as they said "the rest is history" I had no problems apart from the constant burping after drinking or eating so it was quite a shock when he told me I had Barretts and that it had turned to EC.
So I count my blessing each and every day and my GI dr will always be "my main man" in my life teehee.
Cheers Annie
My surgeons don't follow me any longer and didn't too much after surgery - maybe 3 months(?) but my Oncologist follows me every 3 months with bloodwork and every 6 months an added scope/scan. I take it your oncologist is keeping you on some schedule too, yes?
My gastro Dr. is also very important to me :-) He's a very preventative, over-protective Dr. Although I had swallowing issues when he did my scope and said I had Barrett's and through the biopsy EC... He had suggested I have a colonoscopy and scope (due to acid reflux) years before.
Silly me, I was more afraid of being put out for the procedures and had put it off, thinking I really didn't have any serious issues, which at that time, I probably didn't. If only I'd realized.. . Many, many, many scopes/scans later....treatment....surgery... that one may have been all I'd needed at that time and then just an occasional check. Oh well, coulda, shoulda, woulda. I live in the now and am also grateful to have survived my treatments and surgery and had more life to live :-) One day at a time :-)
Thanks, so much, for sharing your good news :-) Brenda