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Oesophageal & Gastric Cancer

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3 years Post op Ivor Lewis. T3N0M0 some questions for you

I was wondering if many of you in similar situation would mind answering some questions - do any of you wear a Fitbit or similar device ? I’ve been tracking...

I was wondering if many of you in similar situation would mind answering some qu...

•6 years ago

Bile sickness through night 6 weeks post Ivor Lewis

Hi, I wondered if anyone can offer any advice? My Mum is 6 weeks post Ivor Lewis op and has been bringing up fluid which looks like bile (light yellow) about...

Hi, I wondered if anyone can offer any advice? My Mum is 6 weeks post Ivor Lewi...

•6 years ago

ivor lewis op

hi I am 9 weeks post op i sneezed quite hard and it really hurts where they took part of my rib away during op ,should i worry ,happy new year to you all

hi I am 9 weeks post op i sneezed quite hard and it really hurts where they too...

•6 years ago

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Who do you think should receive a New Years Honour?

Perhaps you would choose someone like Janice Hartley who has worked for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for 35 years and, earlier this year,...

Perhaps you would choose someone like Janice Hartley who has worked for the Depa...

•6 years ago

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Happy Christmas to all

Dave and I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas, and thank you all for supporting us on our emotional journey over the last 18 months. We wish...

Dave and I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas, and thank you all...

•6 years ago

Glucose Meters

I was with a friend recently and noticed him waving a small device at his arm and checking a reading. Turned out he is diabetic and finds this Abbott Freestyle...

I was with a friend recently and noticed him waving a small device at his arm an...

•6 years ago

Problems with PICC line?

My husband went for his second chemo session last Thursday and the nurse thought there was a problem with his PICC line as she couldn't get blood out (although...

My husband went for his second chemo session last Thursday and the nurse thought...

•6 years ago

Battle lost

Christmas Day 2015 my husband complained of food and then drink getting ‘stuck’ After a visit to doctor and sent for endoscopy, biopsy, he was diagnosed with...

Christmas Day 2015 my husband complained of food and then drink getting ‘stuck’ ...

•6 years ago

My endoscopy report (for the more technical amongst u)

Hi .. im with consultant next 26jan18. However i got this endosc report and it contains a couple of items i wldnt mind a heads up on should anyone know so...

Hi .. im with consultant next 26jan18. However i got this endosc report and it ...

•6 years ago

Achalasia, the horrible cough, swallow disease

Acalasia, the loud noisy coughing disease, over the last 20 years until I was finally diagnosed I called it cough swallow disease. As we never had a name for...

Acalasia, the loud noisy coughing disease, over the last 20 years until I was fi...

•6 years ago

Inguinal Hernia.

It is 21 months since I left Hospital after 15 days including five days in intensive care following partial lung collapse. Chemotherapy was not an option for...

It is 21 months since I left Hospital after 15 days including five days in inten...

•6 years ago

Pain and regulation

Has any one had lower side back pain at the side of the back and stil had orange bile come up ? I have had this pain on and off for a while and still having...

Has any one had lower side back pain at the side of the back and stil had orange...

•6 years ago

Help with Gastroscopy

I recently had a Gastroscopy whilst on a fast track Cancer pathway to look into the possibility that I may have upper GI Cancer. Cutting a long story short,...

I recently had a Gastroscopy whilst on a fast track Cancer pathway to look into ...

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•6 years ago

Struggling today

Hi all, i'm 9 months post-op. Generally pretty good recovery. Get very tired from time to time and struggle to eat very much but getting on with things. I'm on...

Hi all, i'm 9 months post-op. Generally pretty good recovery. Get very tired fro...

•6 years ago

Here we go again

On January 9th 2012 my husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Following numerous tests he had an Ivor lewis keyhole op which resulted in the addition...

On January 9th 2012 my husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Following ...

•6 years ago

Recurrence

Just found out after 2.5 years my mum has had a recurrence. It' back in the eosphagus stomach and a little bit in the lungs. I don't know what to do. I can't...

Just found out after 2.5 years my mum has had a recurrence. It' back in the eosp...

•6 years ago

relief from post-op pain

Hello again folks, I have another request for help..... have any of you good people out there found a method to relieve the discomfort on your underarm/side as...

Hello again folks, I have another request for help..... have any of you good peo...

•6 years ago

PPI's --- maintaining a sense of perspective (2) ..... no cause for alarm but need to continue vigilance.

The Fremantle Diabetes Study is a major, well constructed and hence authoritative medical research programme. The following is a selective extract from the...

The Fremantle Diabetes Study is a major, well constructed and hence authoritativ...

•6 years ago

New here please advise

Hi I'm new here, my partner (male 50) had surgery for oesophageal cancer 4 weeks ago after 3 sessions of chemo . He just got the all clear and is cancer free...

Hi I'm new here, my partner (male 50) had surgery for oesophageal cancer 4 week...

•6 years ago

Ivor Lewis op vomiting food back up

Hi, My Mum is 24 days post Ivor Lewis op. She had a chest infection and had to have fluid drained from her Lung, which set her back. After eating a small...

Hi, My Mum is 24 days post Ivor Lewis op. She had a chest infection and had to h...

•6 years ago

Need to know about diet post placement of stent in food pupe

Hi, I am Rahul and my mom have a stent placed in her food pipe about a week before. Can anyone tell the life of metal stent in actual. & diets to be taken &...

Hi, I am Rahul and my mom have a stent placed in her food pipe about a week befo...

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Chest Pain.

4 months after my I L operation and still painful to lift on right hand side of chest, my doctor said it was muscle damage and my consultant says it might be...

4 months after my I L operation and still painful to lift on right hand side of ...

•6 years ago

Merendino

Hi. Has anyone here had the merendino jejunal interposition?

Hi. Has anyone here had the merendino jejunal interposition?

•6 years ago

Bitter taste - 5 m post op

Hi.. after some advice. I'm new here and 5 month post subtotal gastrectomy for benign ulceration and plyrous valve in stomach closing over. I've got about 30%...

Hi.. after some advice. I'm new here and 5 month post subtotal gastrectomy for b...

•6 years ago

Post op .....3 months !

Hi all ! Not posted for a while , I’ve been sooo low and suffered from stress myself recently. Even though everyone said how unbelievably hard this all is and...

Hi all ! Not posted for a while , I’ve been sooo low and suffered from stress m...

•6 years ago

Need some information regarding Ivor Lewis procedure

Hi everyone. Husband had a very positive meeting with his surgical team today. His tumour has shrunk quite a bit (we weren't sure that it had) and we got a...

Hi everyone. Husband had a very positive meeting with his surgical team today. H...

•6 years ago

2.5 years post op -sickness problems

My mum had eosphagus and top part of stomach removed 2.5 years ago. She recovered really well initially and even out weight on after having the op. She's...

My mum had eosphagus and top part of stomach removed 2.5 years ago. She recovere...

•6 years ago

Help with "Dumping"?

I will be 2 years post -op next month,positives are feeling reasonably fit,put on about 7lbs recently,but still get dumping from time to time,is there any...

I will be 2 years post -op next month,positives are feeling reasonably fit,put o...

•6 years ago

12 Days and Counting

Geezo at the start of this whole nightmare it seemed like an eternity until chemo for my husband was to finish, but here we are and he only has 12 days until...

Geezo at the start of this whole nightmare it seemed like an eternity until che...

•6 years ago

Anyone recommend exercises to tone up my torso post transhiatal esophagectomy - roof top scars

Op was 4 years ago .Still quite conscious of discomfort/pain from surgery and site of feeding tube . Makes me overprotective of the area and I feel I'm not...

Op was 4 years ago .Still quite conscious of discomfort/pain from surgery and si...

•6 years ago

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