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Sadly when getting my hair cut the hairdresser said her father has Stomach cancer sent home by local hospital . Saying her dad is rapidly losing weight . That the doctors at our hospital did not catch it in time and they don’t do anything ...

elle29 Category Digestive 5d

Esophageal Cancer - 14 Months Post Op Follow Up - Good ...

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I had an esophagectomy on March 15, 2021 as the final step in treating an adenocarcinoma on my distal esophagus. This was preceded by 5 weeks of chemo and radiation. I recently had a CT scan followed by a Zoom visit with one of the surgeons ...

Arby1 Category Digestive 28d

Bf with stomach and duodenum cancer

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Hi all. The man I love has been going through a really bad time the past couple of weeks, let alone four months after being diagnosed with cancer. He's been in the hospital since Nov 25, (a doc let him out for a couple of days with big problems ...

CherDrive Category Digestive Mar '22

uncomfortable to eat

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My husband 82 yrs. old had TG 2 yrs. ago and has had an ongoing issue. I wonder if anyone else has had this and how they may handle it. His main complaint is a writhing feeling he gets in his esophagus maybe at the surgery junction when eating ...

Meggs Category Digestive Mar '22

Is this active? Wanting to talk about Signet Ring Cell ...

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I'm having a hard time trying to figure out where I need to go for support. This can be on the bladder, and rectum and somewhere else. My mom was just diagnosed.

Lisaries Category Digestive Mar '22

Two years post esophagectomy

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Hi all - follow up note to my previous posts. In August of 2019 I had an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, preceded by chemo -radiation for adenocarcinoma at the EG junction. Fortunately, the cancer was dx’d early stage. I am very grateful to ...

CDN Traveller Category Digestive Sep '21

Colon interposition

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Going to have a colon interposition after having esophageal cancer. My esophagus was removed and then my stomach due to poor blood supply!! Has anybody gone through a colon interposition?? Any recommendations? Thanks

Yenchy Category Digestive Jul '21

Check in

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Arby1 ‍ Flynxdart ‍ Bobert ‍ how are you all doing?have you managed to connect with each other?

Brighty Category Digestive Jul '21

Starting an adventure

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Hello everyone. Found out via an upper endoscopy that I have a tumour (adenocarcinoma) just above the stomach in my esophagus. Have completed chemo, radiation and most surgery prerequisites. Treatment begins next week. I am a fairly ...

Flynxdart Category Digestive Jun '21

Two Year Check In

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Hi all, have not been on the site for such a very long time. It is two years since my husband had IL surgery to remove esophagus and perform gastric pull up. There have been good times and there have been bad. Recovery does not get your old ...

CaregiverCAL Category Digestive May '21

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