Yesterday he had a procedure – an endoscopic ultrasound – by a young gastroenterologist and the doctor was able to locate AND REMOVE the tumor in my husband's esophagus. We didn't know it could be removed during this visit. We didn't even know if it could be removed.
So yesterday was a really good day. He's in some pain, of course, and still needs to decide if he's going to go through chemotherapy this summer. He's leaning toward doing it. It's not likely the snare technique of removing the tumor got every last cancer cell out of his esophagus.
We've eaten pretty much off the charts while we've been here. His weight is normal and stable. Mine is … not. But the added stress of trying to stay on plan just wasn't worth it to me.
We'll be back home this evening and tomorrow is a new day. He has an oncologist appointment in the morning. I hope to be back on track – and back to tracking – Saturday.
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