Forum: Stomach and Esophageal Cancer Forum

hi there, I had a throat infection in february which cleared after many weeks of penicillin but I'm still having pain and difficulty swallowing. I've...

I had an upper endoscopy this week and got my path report today. I would like some insight into the meaning since I cannot reach my doctor. I have a...

hi i am writing this for my dad to see if we can get some answers.... well first off he had espogus cancer back in march and had that taken out all...

hello my dad was diagnosed with espogus cancer back in march and he had surgery and they got it all out(thank god)! :) but he has been out and home...

Hi this is my first thread. I sucessfully had an esophagectomy 2 years ago but have recently been diagnosed with 2 metatasis one in the chest and...

Hi Folks,,,,nice to see such a forum exists,,good way to communicate with people that share something. Let me tell you a story I just went through...

Hi all, Around this time last year, my FIL (55 yrs) was having trouble swallowing solid food. He complained about pain raidiating to his back, and...

Hi, I'm new here. My doctor is sending me to a GI specialist because I've lost so much weight over the last year. Mostly loss of appetite. I am 5' 2...

My husband was told he had esophagus cancer ,amd also two lymph nodes, stage 2 in October and , his health so bad he cannot have surgery, chemo or...

hello i am new to this board but am looking for help. my dad has esophagus cancer and is presently on a feeding tube. he will soon get the tube out....

Help..I'm new to this forum and hoping for some information..my mother in law has been diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer. We are waiting...

Hi there! I'm new here! I finally broke down today and went to the doctor after having problems eating for months. Sometimes when I eat, the food...

I am new here. Sorry for lacking of knowledges about the disease and the forums. I am 48 years old. I live in the east of Canada. 2-3month ago I...

Hello to everyone. I'm new to the forum and looking for any opions or advice. My husband (42) was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in March of 2008....

My father is diagnosed with carcinoma esophagus stage ii about an year back. My dad is not ready for surgery. The treatment given was...

My FIL was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in November, and underwent chemo/radiation starting in January. He recently finished up his treatment, but...

I wanted to say I see a lot of posts here about where someone feels a pain and by doing searches found this forum and think they might have cancer,...

What were symptoms of stomach cancer? Did any of y'all have h. pylori, ulcers, prior to finding out about the cancer? Or a family history?

My finance has SEVERE SEVERE heartburn. He gets heartburn from weird things like chex mix and the candy whoppers? He was diagnosed with an ulcer when...

My Nanna and my Dad both suffered esophageal cancer and ultimately passed away because of it. My Nanna was in her 80's, my dad in his 50's. I am...

:( Hi, My Mother in Law has just had her whole stomach removed, as well as her splean and lymphdodes and a little of her pancreas (sorry about the...

Hello, Im new to this section. I have been posting mainly in the lymphoma section of this wonderful website. In a nut shell, I have been...

A little over a month ago my otherwise healthy 36 year old aunt was diagnosed with stage IV gastric cancer showing a signet ring cell adenocarcinoma...

I have been experiencing discomfort (no pain, just irritation), in my neck and my cheek, both on the left side, and a very very slight pain on the...

my husband was diagnosed with ec in june of o8. he went through chemo, radiation , surgery, more chemo and radiation. more cells were still found and...

My brother has stage 4 stomach cancer. He was just hospitalized because he lost 60% of his blood (only partially through urinary and bowel...

Hello, I am new to this forum, looking for advice that I can pass on to my father who has EC. My Dad started experiencing problems eating in...

Hi, Just thought I would have some good news. My mom was complaining about not being able to eat and her stomach/esophagus area always hurting so...

hi to all who is going thru this beast called cancer my husband was diagnoised withe esophagus cancer may 7th 2007 the tumor was mid section of the...

There is a P.S. to my previous post. The tumor has attached to her stomach in a manner that they won't be able to operate. Her stomach is twisted...

Hi, Unfortunately my mother had been diagnosed for cancer in lower 1/3rd of esophagus. As per endoscopy and post-surgical biopsy the tumor was...

My grandmother was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer about a week before Christmas and has had radiation treatments but due to her age and other...

hi there my name is emma mum to twins aged 2 and i am 32 and my story in brief is i had h pylori of the stomache and i was in pain for 16 months i...

I am hoping that someone has experienced this before and can give us some suggestions. My brother was diagnosed with EC this fall. They felt they...

Hello...I'm new here! This past May, my 71 (now 72) yr old father-in-law (FIL) was diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. Now we live in Ontario. And...

This is my first post. I'm wondering if my mom's symptoms are normal for post surgery and treatment. Nov. 2008 she had surgery that removed the...

Hello, My mom had stomach/esophagus cancer diagnosised in Oct 2008. She had surgery, chemo and radiation. Her recovery from surgery wasn't too bad,...

Hi All...Im pretty new and have mostly been reading until now, but have a question. My husband has mets to several organs, including skeletal. Most...

I have read that S100A4 and VEGF markers significantly examine the presence of metastatic disease, in a stomach cancer patient. This test was...

Early this month, my mom was diagnosed having stage IV esophageal cancer as it has already spreaded to some distant lymph nodes. Doctor decided to...

Ok stage 3 spread to lymph nodes... Clinical trials here in Wpg are for palliative care.... we are not thinking this...so where to go in Canada??...

Is a upper GI series accurate when it comes to finding cancer in the esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and other organs? or would a CT scan be...

I think I might have the symptoms of stomach or colon cancer possibly late stage, I am 26 years old I know that I should see a doctor and I do have...

A very important person in my life was diagnosed yesterday with Esophageal cancer. He has lost 30 lbs in 3 months-cannot eat or rarely can keep...

My husband was diagnosed 8 weeks ago with esphageal cancer. The tumor is 3 cm in the esp. and 2 cm in the stomach (total of 5 cm) with all of the...

Hi all, My mum recently (3 days ago) has been diagnosed with stomach cancer which has now spread to her liver, (stage II?) Already she is in pain,...

My father was diagnosed with adeno carcinoma (stomach cancer) in 2004. He underwent partial gastrectomy (removal of 50% of stomach) followed by chemo...