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Oesophageal & Gastric Cancer

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Pinching near tummy scar

Hi all, I am 2 and a half years post Ivor Lewis op and doing very well. I sometimes experience a weird sort of pinching just to the right of my tummy scar. It...

Hi all, I am 2 and a half years post Ivor Lewis op and doing very well. I someti...

•8 years ago

1 and 1/2 years after surgery

Well it is a bit since my surgery and things are starting to get better. I have had 7 dilations to breakup thescar tissue and need to go back for another. My...

Well it is a bit since my surgery and things are starting to get better. I have ...

•8 years ago

Post Surgery

My wife is seven weeks post surgery and occasional vomits gunge. More like mucus that food. Does anyone have any idea as to the cause and how to prevent it?

My wife is seven weeks post surgery and occasional vomits gunge. More like mucus...

•8 years ago

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Alkali-reflux problems after full gastrectomy.

Does anyone know ways of dealing with an inflamed oesophagus caused by alkali reflux rather than acid reflux? Does anyone know whether there are surgeons...

Does anyone know ways of dealing with an inflamed oesophagus caused by alkali re...

•8 years ago

Prepare for Surgery

You may be interested in this video about how best to prepare for surgery, now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD6CatlI_68

You may be interested in this video about how best to prepare for surgery, now a...

•8 years ago

Sleeping propped up ,getting comfortable,any tips ?

I thought I had this cracked but i had to replace a V shaped pillow and now it's all gone to pot ! I'm even getting a pressure sore on my left buttock .I I...

I thought I had this cracked but i had to replace a V shaped pillow and now it's...

•8 years ago

PAIN & NAUSEA --is there a role for Marijuana?

Poster's comment :- Below is the verbatim published commentary on the latest research study whose results were given in the Journal Of American Medicine 17...

Poster's comment :- Below is the verbatim published commentary on the latest res...

•8 years ago

Operation here

Hello all Well we have the operation date, 1 April, we very nervous anxious and just not in happy times, has I know you all either been here, are in this place...

Hello all Well we have the operation date, 1 April, we very nervous anxious and ...

•8 years ago

Tiredness & Fatigue

Friends I am now eighteen months post op (Transachial esophagectomy) along with 3 months pre-op chemo and two months post op chemo. I get so tired every...

Friends I am now eighteen months post op (Transachial esophagectomy) along with...

•8 years ago

NORTH LONDON MEETING - APRIL 2016

Dear Patient/Carer/Medical Professional For those of you who might be interested, the North London group are having a meeting at the Macmillan’s Centre,...

Dear Patient/Carer/Medical Professional For those of you who might be intereste...

•8 years ago

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Mouth ulcers and iron

Wondering if anyone else is suffering from mouth ulcers? I was finding that I could not eat any spicy foods or onions...lets just say that food was not the...

Wondering if anyone else is suffering from mouth ulcers? I was finding that I co...

•8 years ago

two weeks post esophagectomy

I'm a 61 year old female who was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer. I completed 6 weeks of chemo and radiation and after about two and a half months had...

I'm a 61 year old female who was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer. I com...

•8 years ago

Radiation therapy: Even short interruptions increase risk of recurrence

Poster's comment: It is reasonable to assume that these alarming findings apply equally to gastro-oesophageal cancers - miss an appointment at your peril....

Poster's comment: It is reasonable to assume that these alarming findings apply ...

•8 years ago

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"Performing oesophageal cancer surgery requires a great deal of experience"

Poster's comment: Before embarking upon treatment patients would be well advised to check their practitioners' track record. 14 Mar 16 The learning curve...

Poster's comment: Before embarking upon treatment patients would be well advised...

•8 years ago

op or chemoradiotherapy

Hi i have been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. I have had 3 lots of chemo. I have a condition called polyspenia so my organs veins are in different places...

Hi i have been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. I have had 3 lots of chemo. I ...

•8 years ago

Three years post op

As the saying goes "doesn't time fly" I don't think I will ever forget just how weak and down I felt when I was first discharged. Then I found HealthUnlocked,...

As the saying goes "doesn't time fly" I don't think I will ever forget just how ...

•8 years ago

Barret's Esophagus

I myself have been diagnosed with Barrets Esophagus within 6 months can someone tell me the possibility of getting cancer or if I can prevent cancer?...

I myself have been diagnosed with Barrets Esophagus within 6 months can someon...

•8 years ago

Acid reflux problems

I'm taking Lansoprazole and Ranitidene and neither are helping. I'd like to try natural remedies if possible. Does anyone know what might help

I'm taking Lansoprazole and Ranitidene and neither are helping. I'd like to try ...

•8 years ago

Lansoprazole not working

Hi, i'm new on here. I've been taking Lansoprazole for about 2 yrs, and not had much improvement. I went back to my GP, who put me on Ranitidine as well, but...

Hi, i'm new on here. I've been taking Lansoprazole for about 2 yrs, and not had ...

•8 years ago

Invitation to help St Mary's hospital, Paddington

Venetia Wynter-Blyth and Krishna Moorthy, who some of you will know as a clinical nurse specialist and surgeon respectively from St Mary's Paddington, would...

Venetia Wynter-Blyth and Krishna Moorthy, who some of you will know as a clinica...

•8 years ago

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Hospital Videos

You may be interested in a series of videos that Guy's & St Thomas hospital produce: https://www.youtube.com/user/GSTTnhs Some of them are about things like...

You may be interested in a series of videos that Guy's & St Thomas hospital prod...

•8 years ago

Cytosponge

Cytosponge is the 'pill on a string' device that one swallows in a GP surgery. It is then pulled up and the sponge scrapes off samples from the lining of the...

Cytosponge is the 'pill on a string' device that one swallows in a GP surgery. ...

•8 years ago

The news you don't want to hear.

I posted recently regarding my husbands recovery since having his Ivor Lewis in September last year. He has never made any real recovery due to the fact that...

I posted recently regarding my husbands recovery since having his Ivor Lewis in ...

•8 years ago

Concerned, confused & scared

Hello everyone I started with this cough in the early part of January, got it checked out by the DR and was given antibiotics for pharyngitis & a chest x-ray,...

Hello everyone I started with this cough in the early part of January, got it c...

•8 years ago

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