Assistant Admin Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | Johnnie, my husband had TREAD but it didn't work for him, so that doctors tried a new procedure using magnets. I have written a number of posts about the magnets. You can find them here http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=186296#Post186296Since then, John has had five dilatations and he is now drinking all fluids and eating minced food, as well as bread and pancakes.
Gloria She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016. |