To: Oldexpat
I’m a 14 year survivor of esophogeal cancer... very lucky to have found it early (at age 46) by a very good internist and then quickly referred to the best surgeon in the world at Sloan Kettering. 10 days elapsed from the time my tumor was “discovered/determined” and when it was removed. If I was living in Canada... well, I’d hate to consider the result.
Advice to fellow Freepers: when your body starts giving you signals, pay attention and get a good doc to look for the cause.
RIP, Rep. Tom Lantos.
43 posted on
02/11/2008 7:35:31 AM PST by
ReleaseTheHounds
("You ask, 'What is our aim?' I can answer in one word: VICTORY - victory - at all costs...")
To: ReleaseTheHounds
My father is also coming up on 13 years - his EC was also found very early. Best wishes to you - living with the repercussions of the surgery hasn't been easy, but it beats the alternative every time.
Prayers to the family of Tom Lantos.
52 posted on
02/11/2008 7:42:46 AM PST by
Mygirlsmom
(Clowns to the left of me, fakers to the right-here I am-what's a Right Winger to do?)
To: ReleaseTheHounds
"Im a 14 year survivor of esophogeal cancerIm a 14 year survivor of esophogeal cancer"
You were truely Blessed, given about a 5% survival rate.
I too was Blessed 13 years ago when I survived nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Took a tunor out below my brain and radiated 9 weeks. Lost 65 lbs. in 49 days.
Now I am entering my 5th week of radiation for throat/tongue cancer. Lost 32 lbs. so far. I need better diet and weight management programs than this! :)
60 posted on
02/11/2008 8:02:00 AM PST by
moonman
To: ReleaseTheHounds
Congrats to a fellow survivor — I too am an “alum” of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Going on 5 1/2 years since my last surgery...... Cheers!
122 posted on
02/11/2008 10:24:33 AM PST by
Enchante
(Hillary Clinton: As a little girl near Chicago I always dreamed of the NY Giants in the SuperBowl!!)
To: ReleaseTheHounds
Im a 14 year survivor of esophogeal cancer... very lucky to have found it early (at age 46) by a very good internist and then quickly referred to the best surgeon in the world at Sloan Kettering. 10 days elapsed from the time my tumor was discovered/determined and when it was removed. If I was living in Canada... well, Id hate to consider the result. Early detection before metastasis is the key...
I had my form (testicular - but I have a spare) treated by surgery - followed by yearly cat scans. I wonder if it is rates or detection which is going up.
135 posted on
02/11/2008 11:30:25 AM PST by
Hacksaw
(Proud Popish Catholic of Romanish Papist Popery.)
To: ReleaseTheHounds
Im a 14 year survivor of esophogeal cancer... very lucky to have found it early (at age 46) by a very good internist and then quickly referred to the best surgeon in the world at Sloan Kettering. 10 days elapsed from the time my tumor was discovered/determined and when it was removed. If I was living in Canada... well, Id hate to consider the result. All comments about Lantos aside - I studied cancer in my last course, and once it gets a chance to get a foothold it literally takes over the cell's reproductive functions and transforms it into something completely alien.
142 posted on
02/11/2008 12:28:53 PM PST by
Hacksaw
(Proud Popish Catholic of Romanish Papist Popery.)
To: ReleaseTheHounds
195 posted on
02/11/2008 5:06:07 PM PST by
mad_as_he$$
(John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
To: ReleaseTheHounds
If I was living in Canada...If you had been living in Canada, you would have been dead for the last thirteen years.
211 posted on
02/11/2008 8:42:47 PM PST by
reg45
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