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Originally Posted by Dilligas
This is not the place for the answers you are looking for. Other peoples' experience may or may not pertain to your condition. Cancer of any type is not to be ignored at any age. You need to connect with ENT doctors, Oncologists, and throat surgeons as soon as possible so that you do know what to expect and potentially have options.
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The primary care team, especially the lead oncologist, must be the primary means of information. when I was faced with esophageal cancer a year ago I determined to stay away from Google and other on line information as I felt the potential danger of receiving false information from unvetted sources was too high. This meant I placed a lot of trust in my Oncologist, but I still feel it was the best choice.
However, I did join an esophageal cancer support group and feel the information I received from them was very valuable and helpful. The doctors can tell you a lot but have rarely personally experienced the disease and cant tell you how it feels to go through it and how you may experience symptoms and side effects. So it is valuable to get opinions outside of the medical profession.