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Oesophageal & Gastric Cancer

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dumping

hi. I am coming up for seven years post op ivor lewis full oesophagectomy aged 59, I have managed to steady my weight, and keep reasonably well, and still in...

hi. I am coming up for seven years post op ivor lewis full oesophagectomy aged 5...

•7 years ago

Dad home

My dad is now home after 2 weeks in hospital and seems to be doing ok. He has to be on a fat free liquid diet for 1 week then a fat free sloppy diet after...

My dad is now home after 2 weeks in hospital and seems to be doing ok. He has to...

•7 years ago

Endoscopy fear.....

I've just been reading all the posts on here about the procedure and I have to say I feel super scared. I had an endoscopy / colonoscopy in July with propofol...

I've just been reading all the posts on here about the procedure and I have to s...

•7 years ago

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Hernia

Morning all, hubby had his Ivor Lewis 22 months ago and about 2 weeks ago he developed a bulge in his groin with an ache down his groin we assume this is a...

Morning all, hubby had his Ivor Lewis 22 months ago and about 2 weeks ago he dev...

•7 years ago

Chyle Leak

Hi my dad was and still is doing really well. He is 2 weeks post op and apparently has a chyle leak. He is on a low fat diet and they have removed the drain...

Hi my dad was and still is doing really well. He is 2 weeks post op and apparent...

•7 years ago

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At what point during a gastroscopy should the sedative be administered

At what point during a gastroscopy should the sedative be administered

At what point during a gastroscopy should the sedative be administered

•7 years ago

PLEASE HELP ME ANYONE

has anyone had swallowing difficulty caused by an infusion such as infliximab or inflectra? I've suffered for 2 years and its HORRIBLE

has anyone had swallowing difficulty caused by an infusion such as infliximab or...

•7 years ago

No followup 18 months post-op

I am 18 months post op from oesophagectomy.Saw the surgeon 6 weeks after who said my histology report was excellent. But not seen anyone since and just feel a...

I am 18 months post op from oesophagectomy.Saw the surgeon 6 weeks after who sai...

•7 years ago

Probiotics or not

I am 11 years post op and like most others that have had an Oesophagectomy still have problems with digestion and probably always will have. A few months ago...

I am 11 years post op and like most others that have had an Oesophagectomy still...

•7 years ago

Tightness

Hi. My husband had the Ivor Lewis surgery 2 years ago and is eating well and is back to work full time. He now has a tightness around his middle (lower down...

Hi. My husband had the Ivor Lewis surgery 2 years ago and is eating well and is ...

•7 years ago

Pocketing

After 10 months of recuperation from a stage 4 bleeding aneurysm my husband has returned to normal eating. 6 weeks ago he had his peg removed after 3 months...

After 10 months of recuperation from a stage 4 bleeding aneurysm my husband has...

•7 years ago

Nausea & acid reflux?

Hi, does anyone know if acid reflux causes nausea? I have been nauseous for the past few days not sure if it is that, omeprazole, or migraines that have...

Hi, does anyone know if acid reflux causes nausea? I have been nauseous for the ...

•7 years ago

New to this :( Oesophagectomy and Type 1 Diabetes

My 39 year old husband has recently been diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer and is having an oesophagectomy on 12 Sept. We are terrified. He can't process it in...

My 39 year old husband has recently been diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer and i...

•7 years ago

JEG

Hi, when you say 'jeg' do you mean the join in the oesophagus? If so, yes this happened to me and there was talk of more surgery, luckily my surgeon decided to...

Hi, when you say 'jeg' do you mean the join in the oesophagus? If so, yes this h...

•7 years ago

Dads set backs

Well all was going ridiculsly well after dads successful ospehegectomy all tubes had been removed apart from the chest drain which he still has insitu. I...

Well all was going ridiculsly well after dads successful ospehegectomy all tube...

•7 years ago

The longest wait of my life

Well that's me due for my CT scan today, only 10 weeks after first going to my GP with problem with food sticking in my throat, at which time the doctor asked...

Well that's me due for my CT scan today, only 10 weeks after first going to my G...

•7 years ago

We have a date...

Just a wee update for those following my husbands journey. We have a date for the PET scan on Tuesday 5th September and the results the Friday that week too.....

Just a wee update for those following my husbands journey. We have a date for t...

•7 years ago

Forgot to add..

I forgot to add that recently I have been having slight trouble in feeling food sticking in my throat or whilst laying down feeling food coming back up into...

I forgot to add that recently I have been having slight trouble in feeling food ...

•7 years ago

Not sure what to do..

Hi all, I have been on Lansoprazole 30mg x twice a day for 8 wks now and am due to cut back to just one a day but over the w/end and today I have had reflux...

Hi all, I have been on Lansoprazole 30mg x twice a day for 8 wks now and am due ...

•7 years ago

Osophegal junction outflow obstruction

Hi has anyone been told they have this just had Botox into muscle and was taken calcium Channel tablets but had to stop Them now pressure in chest is back...

Hi has anyone been told they have this just had Botox into muscle and was taken ...

•7 years ago

visceral hypersensitivity .

hi all , i posted on here about oesophageal spasms , which i assume is what i have been having and went into overdrive a couple of weeks ago , landing me in...

hi all , i posted on here about oesophageal spasms , which i assume is what i ha...

•7 years ago

Forgot to say

Adding to my post a very short while ago I should have said my husband informed his doctor at the first visit he was finding it difficult to swallow. I know...

Adding to my post a very short while ago I should have said my husband informed ...

•7 years ago

was enough done

My husband, 72, saw the doc because of cough lasting much more than 3 wks. Went for two xrays on chest/lungs area which came back clear. Saw doc several times...

My husband, 72, saw the doc because of cough lasting much more than 3 wks. Went ...

•7 years ago

Struggling

Hi Everyone. I didn't think I'd write so soon, but I'm really struggling with the news we got on friday. I don't even think it's the cancer diagnosis itself,...

Hi Everyone. I didn't think I'd write so soon, but I'm really struggling with t...

•7 years ago

Surgery

I'm having the Ivor Lewis Monday august 21 I hope everything works out.im very scared. I was wanting to know how long it would take to heal

I'm having the Ivor Lewis Monday august 21 I hope everything works out.im very s...

•7 years ago

4 weeks out of gastrectomy/roux n y

I had a vbg in 1996 whe i was 15 years old. I am 38 now and have had severe prblems for the past three years. Exactly one month ago I had a gastrectomy with a...

I had a vbg in 1996 whe i was 15 years old. I am 38 now and have had severe prbl...

•7 years ago

We have a diagnosis - of sorts

Well. We got the worst possible news today.. husband has cancer in the lower oesophagus. There's a definite tumour that showed up on the ct, but not the...

Well. We got the worst possible news today.. husband has cancer in the lower oes...

•7 years ago

POLLS

Not sure who administers the polls on here but I've always found them incredibly useful. I know Alan used to put a few on but I would be quite happy to...

Not sure who administers the polls on here but I've always found them incredibly...

•7 years ago

Acid reflux eosophagitis cure

Hi my daughter had terrible acid reflux and was taking at least 5 amoprizole a day,she also had stage2 oesophagitis had to sit up in bed because acid would...

Hi my daughter had terrible acid reflux and was taking at least 5 amoprizole a d...

•7 years ago

Dads had his op

My dad had his op on Tue , it was a very very long and stressful day. My dad went down at 8am and returned to HDU at 7pm. Apparently the op went well and...

My dad had his op on Tue , it was a very very long and stressful day. My dad we...

•7 years ago

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