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v-ness · 09-19-2010, 06:56 PM

horrible disease. so deadly. by the time you have any sign something is wrong (like difficulty swallowing) it's often already stage 4. my husband bob gagged over dinner in july 2006. it got worse in the following few months and by the time he agreed to go to the doctor on halloween, he already had 3 tumors in his liver, one 6 cm in size. radiation made him hoarse, he had a stent installed to help him swallow, he could not eat, chemo didn't help at all, and he died within 10 weeks of diagnosis. i did not realize michael douglas' cancer is also esophageal. if so, i do not expect he will be with us much longer. it also killed the kardashians' father only 8 weeks after his diagnosis. we didn't even have time to truly wrap our minds around the diagnosis. what a vicious killer. valerie

09-19-2010, 06:56 PM	#4
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Bisphosphonate drugs linked to esophageal cancer horrible disease. so deadly. by the time you have any sign something is wrong (like difficulty swallowing) it's often already stage 4. my husband bob gagged over dinner in july 2006. it got worse in the following few months and by the time he agreed to go to the doctor on halloween, he already had 3 tumors in his liver, one 6 cm in size. radiation made him hoarse, he had a stent installed to help him swallow, he could not eat, chemo didn't help at all, and he died within 10 weeks of diagnosis. i did not realize michael douglas' cancer is also esophageal. if so, i do not expect he will be with us much longer. it also killed the kardashians' father only 8 weeks after his diagnosis. we didn't even have time to truly wrap our minds around the diagnosis. what a vicious killer. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!