I went to my surgery clinic appt. yesterday and they finally told me where I'm having my surgery...it will be up in Shreveport, I was really hoping it would be here in New Orleans but I'm glad it's getting done(I can't wait for it to be over! crazy2)...I will check in the hospital Monday night(happy about that), and it is a new facility...they explained the surgery to me...the cancer that I have(adenocarcinoma) stays self-contained in a very high number of patients(app. 95% of the cases), however, in addition to it being in the esophagus, I also have a mass about the size of a lemon in my throat and a couple of the lymph nodes they biopsied(sp?) from around the neck and under my left clavicle are positive also...the good news is that there's a good chance that they can get rid of it!... I was thrilled to hear that... smile The jawbone...they have no idea what is going on there yet, or even if it's limited to just the jawbone... ohwell ...they said they'll know more after the PET scan and that they have a lot more tests to run... ohwell I'll just be glad when all of this is behind me, or at least the surgery part(for now), my weight is 123.4, my temp was 100.6 today, so that's good, the mediation was successful... smile Thanks for everything my KA family, I'd be lost without yall, big hugs & much love... hugss heart

smile Michelle

Age 7- Kidney Necrosis
Age 11-Bursitis
Age 14-Costo
Age 17-Psoriasis
Age 32-Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Age 33-Sacroilitis
Age 35-Interstitial Cystitis
Age 40-AS
Age 44-Fibro
Age 44-PsA
Age 45-MS
Age 46-Sjogrens
Age 46-Raynauds
Age 47-PF