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Bo Zarts

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3. My father had esophageal cancer at age 83 .. he had an esophagectomey (surgical removal of the esophagous).

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Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:06 PM

Nov 7

It was tough, but he was tough. He lived another eight years, to age 91. One of my younger sisters had a partial esophagectomy/gastrectomy last year, and she is doing OK .. she is now 74, and she also has Parkinson's.

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