The EC Café

About Cathy's EC Café
As the third reincarnation of the site, we strive to maintain Cathy's original vision.

A Foundation of EC Information

Questions For Your Doctors
Les Coleman covers this important topic completely. This 9 part series should be at the top of your EC kit bag!

Face-To-Face EC Support Groups
Where you can meet other people on your path.

Who Gets EC, and What Causes It?
Cathy examines these issues in this short article.

NIH: What You Need to Know About EC
This document used to be on the Café, however the NIH edition was more up to date so the "Café version" has been removed.

Esophageal Cancer TNM Staging
Although technical in nature, this is the EC staging roadmap.

Statistics and the Prognosis
Mark Twain said there are three types of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. Here are some perspectives on statistics and cancer.

Advanced Directives & Health Care Issues
Three good references from Marjie O'Connor.

Coming somtime this century....
Virtual Hospital: Esophageal Carcinoma
U of Iowa's Virtual Hospital is gone! Here is an archive of its EC section preserved for posterity.

Living Issues

Dumping Syndrome
A short explanation of this common problem which almost all post surgical patients face. Diet recommendations included.

Eating to Win
Gwen Harlow has amassed a good bit of information shared both from her experiences, and from other members of the EC-Group.

Nutrition and Recipes
A collection ranging from Cancer Candy recipes to book reviews on nutrition.

Plans for Marc's Inclined Bed Frame.
How to build a durable alternative to a hospital bed -or- Fun on a Saturday with wood & power tools.

Recommendations

Books About Cancer
Book reviews by several EC-Group members.

Michael Lerner Lecture
AL's summation of this 1996 lecture.

EC and Depression
Marjie O'Connor provides some insight and recommendations on this all too common issue.

Of Particular Note

EC Survivors - Celebrating "alive at 5"

In Memoriam - Remembering our friends.

The Writings of Dr. William Bartholome
His "Lessons" and valuable EC-Group posts.

Anne M. Richards' Death
Les Coleman looks at what the media got wrong and how it harms the public's perception of EC.

EC Fundraising Information - Of interest for pledges, bequests, memorials and so forth to help the EC community.