When I was diagnosed with esophageal adenocarcinoma in September 2025, I was not starting from zero. I had been here before. The 2020 Diagnosis In 2020 I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. The tumor had penetrated more than 50% through the uterine wall. It had not metastasized beyond the uterus.
When my endoscopy came back clear — no tumor on direct visualization — that was genuinely good news. I want to be clear about that. The chemotherapy and proton radiation at Mayo Clinic did what they were designed to do, and they worked. But I knew enough, as a researcher and a
In September 2025, at nearly 75, I was diagnosed with esophageal adenocarcinoma — a 7.2cm tumor confined to the esophageal wall, which had not extended beyond it. That containment mattered clinically. I began five weeks of chemotherapy and 24 proton radiation treatments at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona shortly after