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Why isn't my mother gaining weight after botox treatment for achalasia?

My mother is 72 and went from 140lbs to 99lbs before diagnosis. She is currently 103lbs and uses Ensure 2x a day plus eating normally. She has osteoporosis...

My mother is 72 and went from 140lbs to 99lbs before diagnosis. She is currentl...

chrisjo

•11 years ago

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Sudden severe pain

My shark bite op was almost three years ago. I've started getting sudden severe pain around the scar under my right arm, and sometimes in my right breast. It...

My shark bite op was almost three years ago. I've started getting sudden severe ...

patchworker

•11 years ago

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Low glycemic diet

I'm lying on my bed, recovering from another dumping episode, I thought I'd use the time to google "low glycemic diet " as Larry suggested it might help. It...

I'm lying on my bed, recovering from another dumping episode, I thought I'd use ...

patchworker

•11 years ago

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Please can anyone give me the name of an insurance company will insure to travel when have cancer.

It is not for me, but someone asked who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, cant get insurance. I can't remember who I used 6 years ago week before my op,...

It is not for me, but someone asked who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, c...

cherrybailey

•11 years ago

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Dumping Syndrome and Digestion Problems after Surgery

Here is something for just after Christmas! We have a meeting at 10am on Saturday 26 January 2013 at Guy's hospital, Robens Suite, 29th floor, Tower Block...

Here is something for just after Christmas! We have a meeting at 10am on Satu...

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•11 years ago

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Happy Christmas

Hi Guys I would just like to wish everyone on this fantastic site a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy new year. All the Best Steve

Hi Guys I would just like to wish everyone on this fantastic site a Merry Chr...

SteveJ

•11 years ago

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Food sticking?

I am now 7 weeks post op and have, over the last few days, started to feel food going past the point of my oesophagus scar, indeed last night a piece of roast...

I am now 7 weeks post op and have, over the last few days, started to feel food ...

Phil5

•11 years ago

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A very happy Smus (Christmas ) to you all

Hi Every one wishing you a great Christmas and a great new year, we Have been and still are some, having a not very good time, But we are still here, I have...

Hi Every one wishing you a great Christmas and a great new year, we Have been an...

abreynolds

•11 years ago

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Hi my partner has his final staging test today (a laparoscopy with general). Has any one got any hints or tips that I should be aware of?

Clary

•11 years ago

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Prolonged diarrhoea

I'm well into a second prolonged period of diarrhoea and, as ever, thanks to this excellent site, I wondered if others have had similar, and if it can be...

I'm well into a second prolonged period of diarrhoea and, as ever, thanks to thi...

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•11 years ago

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How soon after dumping should I have sugar?

I've just got a machine for measuring blood glucose levels. I tried it out last evening, immediately after dumping, and it was 9.6. Half an hour later it...

I've just got a machine for measuring blood glucose levels. I tried it out ...

patchworker

•11 years ago

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One of the side affect to my chemo was oral thrush which made me feel quite unwell.

My last bout of chemo was dec 2011 followed by an op jan 2012, the evil thrush returned 4 weeks later and so I was given tablets to clear this up, but now 6...

My last bout of chemo was dec 2011 followed by an op jan 2012, the evil thrush r...

hunsdon

•11 years ago

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Foods i cant eat. Can you ?

I'm 19 months post op and still learning what i can eat without having problems afterwards. Yesterday for lunch i had boil in the bag kippers. 45 mins later i...

I'm 19 months post op and still learning what i can eat without having problems ...

racy

•11 years ago

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Mouth ulcer

Hi all - hope this finds you all as well as is possible. It looks as if another little gremlin may have got in on things here. After fifteen pretty awful...

Hi all - hope this finds you all as well as is possible. It looks as if another ...

Lynleahy

•11 years ago

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Does anyone have problems coughing when eating or drinking ???

My hubby had his Ivor Lewis op 4 years ago and this cough is really getting him down... He was rushed into hostpital last wednessday night after vomiting &...

My hubby had his Ivor Lewis op 4 years ago and this cough is really getting him ...

callyann

•11 years ago

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Swollen lymph node in groin that the team want to investigate.18 months post op and feeling really well.Anyone come across this?

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•11 years ago

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Feeling down...but on the up...

After our holiday away in September, I came back feeling positive and well, but due to the poor weather and stuck inside I started to feel down, (didn`t see it...

After our holiday away in September, I came back feeling positive and well, but ...

Mick

•11 years ago

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All posts for December 2012

Why isn't my mother gaining weight after botox treatment for achalasia?

Sudden severe pain

Low glycemic diet

Please can anyone give me the name of an insurance company will insure to travel when have cancer.

Dumping Syndrome and Digestion Problems after Surgery

Happy Christmas

Food sticking?

A very happy Smus (Christmas ) to you all

Hi my partner has his final staging test today (a laparoscopy with general). Has any one got any hints or tips that I should be aware of?

Prolonged diarrhoea

How soon after dumping should I have sugar?

One of the side affect to my chemo was oral thrush which made me feel quite unwell.

Foods i cant eat. Can you ?

Mouth ulcer

Does anyone have problems coughing when eating or drinking ???

Swollen lymph node in groin that the team want to investigate.18 months post op and feeling really well.Anyone come across this?

Feeling down...but on the up...

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