![]() I asked his oncologist why we didn’t know about this erosion and she said checking on the actual tumor at that point wasn’t part of the protocol. Apparently, his tumor had eroded (they called it necrosis) and caused the internal bleeding that caused the stroke-like event (from severe/sudden loss of blood). This stroke-like event was actually his body’s reaction to severe gastric bleeding (which I had seen on his bed sheets). Thankfully, all my sons got there that night. I truly thought he wasn’t going to make it. Some came straight to the hospital to be with us. I proceeded to call all the friends and family that I could to tell them what was happening. I had to call our three sons and tell them what was happening, two of whom lived out of state (youngest still in college). Everyone came running in and there were all sorts of commotion, beeping and yelling. While talking one evening in the hospital room, my husband suffered what I thought was a stroke right in front of me. He had to take pain medicine for pain from a tumor that spread to his back. It was just beyond heart wrenching to watch my 6’1” 250-pound husband become a different person. As his health declined in fall of 2019, his last chemo treatment really took its toll. We tried to live our best lives during the treatment while he was still feeling good. My husband had every available treatment there was – unfortunately, there weren’t many. However, at this point, you are willing to try anything to save your husband’s/own life. ![]() We knew the immunology would most likely not work on him because of his previous cancer and round of chemo he had for the esophageal cancer. My husband was treated with chemotherapy and had immunology as well. Who gets two different cancers back-to-back so close together? To say we were blindsided is an understatement. Ironically, we both agreed that he probably had the esophageal cancer at the same time as his leukemia but, since his bloodwork was perfect and he didn’t require any scans for blood cancer, we had no idea what was going on inside his body. My husband did not qualify for any clinical trials because he had just beaten APL leukemia in 2017. He went for an endoscopy and colonoscopy, at which time the tumor was found in his esophagus. They were metastases and they needed to find out what type of cancer they were from. He went to have an MRI for what doctors thought was gastritis and they found some lesions on his liver. When it was detected, it was already stage four. ![]() My dear husband, Adam, found out he had esophageal cancer in 2018. Patti In Loving Memory of her husband, Adam You may contact us with any questions or comments.ĭo you have an experience with esophageal cancer that you would like to share either publicly or privately? To learn more, please visit: Share Your Story. ![]() Please do not reproduce any of these stories without our permission. They are each equally important and deserve to be published. There is a tremendous need to bring not only awareness but tools and resources to encourage early detection and advocacy and actual funding for esophageal cancer research. Too often, esophageal cancer is ignored and disregarded. We are very thankful to these men and women who have shared their personal experiences with us in order to bring awareness to this devastating cancer. They are people who are going through their journey with esophageal cancer, survivors, family members of those who passed away from esophageal cancer and family members of those who are currently undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I hope everything goes well and you are one of the many lucky ones on here who only need a stent and can move on.Below are stories from people who have been affected by esophageal cancer. I'm actually having yet another nasty attack now as I message you.It has completely changed my quality of life and I'm now struggling to get through each day at work and at night. To be honest I had the usual worries but afterwards I thought it was a doddle and started to move on within a couple of weeks.Sadly something still wasn't right? constant chest pain.To cut a long story short I've been through all the tests you name it.And once again I'm right because it's pretty much confirmed I have Microvascular angina or coronary artery spasm. No one including all the cardiologists at the time believed me but I was right and I was then taken in for stent procedure. I don't drink nor did i smoke and my diet wasn't particularly bad at all.I wasn't overweight or classed as obese but through my persistent they eventually gave me a CT scan and found a 99% blockage. I had a very physical job and as far as I was concerned I was fitter and stronger Probably stronger than the average 50year old. Yes I had a stent last may after I started getting chest pain at work Rob6868 in reply to Clarky61012 4 years ago ![]()
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