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3 days ago
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Man, 40, Reveals the First Sign He Had Esophageal Cancer That His Doctor Dismissed
After three stressful years, Mark Sevillano Jr. felt like his life was falling into place. At the start of 2024, he began working out at the gym three days a week and eating healthier foods. 'I felt better and just when I started feeling better, I … couldn't really swallow my food comfortably,' the 41-year-old from Santa Fe Springs, California, tells 'I felt like it almost would get stuck in my throat.' He'd 'chug' water, and that often helped the food move through his esophagus. After two months, his symptoms worsened, and he visited a doctor, who reluctantly ordered a swallow test for Sevillano. Before he could undergo the exam, he visited the emergency room, where he learned he had esophageal cancer. 'I would have never imagined that I had any cancer, let alone esophageal cancer,' he says. 'I've never even said the word esophagus. It was not on my radar at all.' Transformation Leads to Diagnosis In 2021, Sevillano's 11-year marriage ended in divorce, and the dad of two was stressed. At the same time, he was in college completing his teaching degree. By 2024, he had graduated from college and finally began to feel settled as he regularly attended the gym, ate healthy foods and ran a few 5Ks. ''I'm healing,'' he recalls thinking. 'I was losing a little bit of weight, but I thought it was because of my new lifestyle.' Soon after, his swallowing problems began. At first, drinking a lot of water helped. But after two months, swallowing became even more difficult. 'I would have to literally pound my chest with my fist to help break down the pathway to allow my food to go down,' Sevillano explains. 'That was so odd now that I think back on it. But at the time I thought, 'Oh, I need a little extra help to digest my food.'' His parents urged him to visit his doctor, and after a couple of weeks, he did. But his primary care doctor 'didn't sound too concerned' because Sevillano was young and there was no family history of cancer. Still, Sevillano asked for a swallow test — which his mother, who is a nurse — told him to request. 'He was like, 'We'll schedule a swallow test in the future. I'm not too worried about it,'' Sevillano recalls. 'Looking back on it, I was like, 'Wow, there are so many red flags.'' He scheduled the appointment for several months later. But his swallowing 'got progressively worse.' 'I couldn't even swallow liquid anymore,' he says. 'It would sit in my throat, almost like a drain that is clogged up, and it's filling up with water. You need to unplug the drain. It felt like that.' Sevillano visited the emergency room, and at first, the doctors were 'perplexed' by his swallowing difficulties. But they conducted bloodwork and even had him undergo a CT scan. At about 4 a.m., his blood test results returned. '(The doctor) said, 'Hey, to let you know your bloodwork came back great and the next thing we're waiting on is your scan, and I'm sure that's going to come back great as well,'' Sevillano recalls. Less than an hour later, the doctor returned with a grim look on his face. 'He said, 'Unfortunately, we got your scan back and we found a mass in the center of your chest, in your lower part of your esophagus,'' Sevillano says. At the time, he didn't realize doctors sometimes interchangeably use mass and tumor, so he wasn't too worried. 'If he would have said, 'You have a tumor,' I would have freaked out a little more,'' Sevillano says. He stayed in the hospital to undergo tests, including a biopsy. But when doctors attempted it, they struggled to pass the scope through all the inflammation in his throat. Though they tried a smaller scope, the sample they removed wasn't enough to determine if it was cancerous. Still, they released Sevillano from the hospital, and he ran a 5K two days later. Sevillano's doctors scheduled a second biopsy. But before that happened, he became very ill. '(This) is where I almost died,' he says. As he waited for the new biopsy and maintained a liquid-only diet, Sevillano became tired. 'My body just didn't feel right,' he says. 'I started to feel light-headed, almost as if I'm going to faint.' He rested on the couch and began 'convulsing,' and 'shaking and shivering.' After he put on a coat and a hat to warm himself up, his mom noticed he was too pale. They returned to the emergency room, where doctors diagnosed him with sepsis, a potentially fatal overreaction in the body to infection. 'My body was shutting down, and they had to pump me with any type of antibiotics to fight the infection that was rapidly going through my bloodstream,' Sevillano says. 'For the next four days, I was fighting and trying to get the infection out of my body.' As he began to recover, doctors performed the biopsy, and they diagnosed him with Stage 2 esophageal cancer in June 2024. 'I got thrown into a world of, 'Now you have cancer,'' he says. Doctors quickly came up with a treatment plan, which included four rounds of chemotherapy to shrink the tumor followed by surgery to remove the mass and most of his esophagus, known as an esophagectomy. For the most part, chemotherapy caused exhaustion, brain fog and some neuropathy, but after the fourth round, he 'started actually vomiting black stuff.' 'It was still awful,' he says. 'I took it like a champ. But I think it could have been worse.' Surgery took place in October and was intense. Doctors removed 6 inches of his esophagus, which is about 10 inches long in total, and a strawberry-sized tumor. Doctors used his upper intestine to create a new esophagus connected to his remaining organ. 'I went in with a smile on my face and said, 'OK, let's do this. Let's take this tumor out,'' Sevillano says. 'When I woke up, I had maybe eight tubes in my side, in my face. I was in severe pain.' After recovering in the hospital for several days and undergoing more tests, Sevillano returned home. About a month later, he underwent one more round of chemotherapy. Doctors recommended that he have another three, but he felt overwhelmed by his prior chemotherapy and treatment and elected to stop. Since his surgery, there has been no evidence of disease. He will undergo regular scans for five years. 'I had my six-month check-up scan and that came out with no detection of cancer,' he says. 'I went to the beach and celebrated six months of being cancer-free.' An Increase in GI Cancers in Young People Sevillano is part of a trend of more young people being diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers, which include colorectal, stomach, pancreatic and esophageal cancers. These diagnoses are increasing faster than any other type of cancer in adults under 50, according to a new review published in JAMA, some of the most extensive research on the trend to date. Colorectal cancer cases in young people have increased the most, but pancreatic, stomach and esophageal cancer diagnoses are also on the rise. The latter three do not have a screening test like colorectal cancer does, making them harder to diagnose early. More research is still needed to fully understand what's causing the increase, but it's likely multiple factors, experts told NBC News. The recent review suggests a link between lifestyle factors — such as obesity, being inactive, poor diet, smoking and drinking alcohol — and most of the GI cancer cases in people under 50. Exposure to certain habits before adulthood likely plays a role. 'It's really what people were doing or exposed to when they were infants, children, adolescents that is probably contributing to their risk of developing cancer as an adult," Dr. Kimmie Ng, co-author of the paper and director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, told NBC News. Genetic predispositions to cancer — such as inherited conditions, like Lynch syndrome — also contribute to 15-30% of diagnoses of young-onset gastrointestinal cancers, the review found. 'We do recommend that all young patients diagnosed under the age of 50 undergo testing for hereditary conditions,' Ng said. The new research also suggests that young people diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers face poorer outcomes than people diagnosed later in life. Experts say that could be because doctors downplay young people's symptoms because they're not considering GI cancers in this age group, much like Sevillano experienced. 'My personal feeing is that it's because we're finding them at a more advanced stage because people don't really think of colon or other GI cancers when they see a young person with these nonspecific complaints,' Dr. Howard Hochster, director of gastrointestinal oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health in New Jersey, told NBC News. However, it's also possible that GI cancers in younger people 'may be biologically different and more aggressive," Ng said. One thing that is clear from the new research? The importance of people following screening guidelines for colorectal cancer based on their individual risk level, and the need for better screening for other GI cancers, Ng added. 'My Spirit is Not Broken' After so many months of not being able to eat normally, Sevillano still struggles with getting enough nutrition. He's been eating 'mini meals' throughout the day, which reduces the stress on his GI tract. 'I'm still underweight,' he says. 'I was 195 at 5 feet 10 inches, nice and healthy and strong. Now I weigh 138 pounds. My arms are like twigs.' The doctor told him complete recovery could take several years. 'It's going to take some time for me to reach a healthy weight again and create some muscle and strength,' he says. Sevillano says he hopes that others learn the importance of advocating for their health and urges them to get second opinions if they feel as if their doctor isn't addressing their symptoms. 'Don't wait like I did,' he says. 'If something is wrong with your body, do not ignore it, but act on it right away.' Despite all the difficulties he faced, Sevillano feels like he's in a good place. 'My heart has been through a lot, and I learned that the human capacity for pain and tragedy (means) we can endure a lot and keep going forward. I'd like to be that example to other people,' he says. 'I'm still a happy, positive person. I love life and my spirit is not broken.' This article was originally published on Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
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TRNO on a Selling Spree: Disposes of Another Asset in California
Terreno Realty Corporation TRNO announced the disposition of an industrial property located in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The sale was carried out on Aug. 7, 2025, for approximately $11 million. This move highlights the company's strategy of disposing of non-core assets and building a more robust portfolio, which will aid future growth. The property consists of a 2.3-acre improved land parcel, 100% leased. Terreno Realty had purchased the property on Nov. 14, 2018, for $6.4 million. The investment yielded an unleveraged internal rate of return of 13.2% to the company. Terreno Realty's dispositions are an integral part of its ongoing efforts to optimize its portfolio and enhance its financial performance. Last month, the company sold an industrial property, a 100% leased 2.1-acre improved land parcel in Tukwila, WA, for $9.5 million. In the same month, Terreno Realty sold a portfolio of industrial properties in Doral, FL. The portfolio of six buildings, spanning around 302,000 square feet on 14.6 acres of land and 91% leased to 21 tenants, was disposed of at an aggregate sale value of around $23.7 million. Earlier this month, Terreno declared a dividend of 52 cents per share for the third quarter of 2025. This marked an increase of 6.1% over the prior dividend level. In the last five years, this industrial REIT has increased its dividend six times, with a five-year annualized dividend growth rate of 14.11%. These efforts to increase the dividend reaffirm investors' confidence in the stock. Check out the Dividend History of the company. Over the past month, shares of this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) company have dropped 6.9% compared with the industry's decline of 2.5%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Other Stocks to Consider Some other top-ranked stocks from the broader REIT sector are W.P. Carey WPC and Host Hotels & Resorts HST, each currently carrying a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for WPC's 2025 FFO per share has moved one cent southward to $4.87 over the past week. The consensus estimate for HST's 2025 FFO per share has moved one cent northward to $1.95 over the past week. Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents FFO, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) : Free Stock Analysis Report Terreno Realty Corporation (TRNO) : Free Stock Analysis Report W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
08-08-2025
- Business
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Terreno Realty Corporation Sells Property in Santa Fe Springs, CA for $11.0 Million
BELLEVUE, Wash., August 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE:TRNO), an acquirer, owner and operator of industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets, sold an industrial property located in Santa Fe Springs, California on August 7, 2025 for a sale price of approximately $11.0 million. The property consists of a 2.3-acre improved land parcel which is 100% leased. The property was purchased by Terreno Realty Corporation on November 14, 2018 for $6.4 million. The unleveraged internal rate of return generated by the investment was 13.2%. Terreno Realty Corporation acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets: New York City/Northern New Jersey; Los Angeles; Miami; San Francisco Bay Area; Seattle; and Washington, D.C. Additional information about Terreno Realty Corporation is available on the company's web site at Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We caution investors that forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and on assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. When used, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "project," "result," "should," "will," "seek," "target," "see," "likely," "position," "opportunity," "outlook," "potential," "enthusiastic," "future" and similar expressions which do not relate solely to historical matters are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance, which may be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control, including risks related to our ability to meet our estimated forecasts related to stabilized cap rates and those risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and our other public filings. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, or projected. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on past forward-looking statements, which are based on results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends. View source version on Contacts Terreno Realty CorporationJaime Cannon415-655-4580
CBS News
18-06-2025
- CBS News
Customers avoid Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet after immigration operation
On a typical June afternoon, the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet would be packed with people, but after a recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid, many customers decided to avoid the popular flea market. "It's totally dead. No business at all," vendor Joseph Medina said. "I don't know what to think for the future." Medina has been a vendor here for years and says he has never seen it so empty. "This is how I make a living — how I pay my bills, how I eat," he said. "It worries me. It really does. On Saturday, ICE and Customs and Border Patrol agents raided the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed the administrative arrests of two people, meaning they are accused of being in the country illegally. "I'm American. I still think they are getting good people away from bad people," vendor Michael Dianella said. Dianella said he is a proud supporter of President Trump but believes the administration is lacking transparency. "They could announce that we got a few bad people here and we're going to try to find them and not bother anyone else," Dianella said. A vendor, who is a U.S. citizen but did not want to show her face out of fear of being arrested by ICE, said she believed immigration officials are profiling people. "I feel, from my point of view, is that they're basically profiling everyone," she said.
The Guardian
16-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Ice raids in LA continue as armed agents target immigrant communities
US immigration raids continued to target southern California communities in recent days, including at a popular flea market and in a Los Angeles suburb where US citizens were detained. On Saturday, as mass protests swept the nation, including tens of thousands demonstrating in LA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents descended on a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs in southeast LA county. Video showed dozens of heavily armed, masked officers carrying out the raid before a scheduled concert at the long-running event that features vendors, food and entertainment every weekend Witnesses told the Los Angeles Times that agents appeared to be going after people who 'looked Hispanic in any way', sparking widespread fear. A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said on Monday that it arrested two people at the swap meet who are now facing deportation. The crowd at the swap meet largely cleared out before a scheduled 5.30pm concert, which was ultimately canceled, leaving the site unusually empty for a spring Saturday. Another witness told ABC7 agents were asking attendees where they were from: 'I told them I was from the United States, and then they proceeded to walk away, and they took a picture of me … I took it as a personal threat.' The swap meet arrests came at the end of more than a week of sustained raids and Ice activity in the region that have targeted day laborers outside Home Depot, car washers, warehouse workers, people outside churches and other residents in public spaces. The raids have continued as Donald Trump has sent the national guard and marines to LA to respond to protests, despite the objections of California leaders, who have sued to stop a deployment they deem unconstitutional. Also over the weekend, video emerged of immigration actions in Montebello, a suburb east of the city of LA. Last Thursday, armed border patrol agents, who drove in an unmarked car, ended up detaining Jason Brian Gavidia and pressing him against a fence by an auto body shop he runs, the New York Times reported. An agent interrogated Gavidia, a US citizen, asking, 'What hospital were you born at?' Gavidia, 29, was born down the street, and video shows agents twisting his arm, as he said, 'I'm American! … I'll show you my ID. I was born here.' A witness filming the encounter is heard saying: 'Literally based off skin color.' Gavidia was released, but Javier Ramirez, another US citizen who is Gadivia's friend and coworker, was detained by two agents, forced facedown on the ground and taken to federal detention, where he has remained in custody, the New York Times reported. Salvador Melendez, the mayor of Montebello, a city that is 79% Latino, told the Guardian on Monday that the videos and reports of Ice in his community had caused widespread anxiety. 'This is racial profiling. They're stopping folks because of the way they look,' said Melendez. 'Ice agents are terrorizing our community. They are taking actions and asking questions later. There is absolutely no due process.' Ice agents were spotted in a small area of Montebello, the mayor said. 'But psychologically, they are already in our whole city. People are not going to work, not going out, not going to school. People don't want to ride the bus. It's extremely unfair … seeing Ice agents come in with these big guns, it almost feels like a war zone. They're militarized to apprehend folks and they rough up our people.' After millions protested Trump in national 'No Kings' demonstrations, the president pledged Sunday to escalate Ice raids in Democratic-run cities, including LA, Chicago and New York. 'Folks have to stay vigilant, we have to look out for one another. If you see something, alert your neighbors,' said Melendez. 'It's beautiful to see people coming together, helping their neighbors and rallying against this … This is not normal and we have to be outspoken.' Immigrant rights' lawyers have said that people detained in the raids have disappeared or had little contact with their attorneys or families. Amid the crackdown, residents across the region have increasingly gone into hiding, turning typically lively immigrant hubs desolate. DHS and border patrol did not respond to inquiries about the detentions in Montebello, but Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary, said in a press release Monday: 'DHS targets have nothing to do with an individuals' skin color. What makes someone a target is if they are in the United States illegally.' A spokesperson added in a statement to the Guardian: 'DHS and its components continue to enforce the law every day in greater Los Angeles and throughout the country … DHS agencies will not be deterred from the completion of our mission.' In LA's Koreatown, a dense immigrant neighborhood, street vendors have been staying home out of fear of raids, causing significant financial hardships, said Andreina Kniss, an organizer with Ktown for All, a mutual aid group. Volunteers identified more than 60 families of vendors out of work and fundraised more than $50,000 for them, she said. The group had distributed funds to 36 families covering a month of expenses, as of Monday morning, allowing vulnerable workers to stay home. 'We felt like we couldn't stand around and watch them have to make the choice between being kidnapped and paying their bills,' she said. 'The city is being held hostage economically, and it's not going to end until these Ice raids end.' She hoped to see mutual aid efforts expand: 'The $2,000 you raise for a family might prevent a family separation. It can change people's lives. We're just normal neighbors who care about neighbors.'
