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Living life after treatment and surgery for Esophageal Cancer.

Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Jun 10 7:19am | Replies (84)
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@hgb111

My partner is five years out from an Ivor Lewis procedure. He frequently aspirates (2-10 x/month) and therefore suffers from the related complications. This includes pneumonia and a huge emotional toll. Does anyone know if there are treatments available? This is hugely impacting his quality of life.

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stever1 | @stever1 | May 10 6:10pm

this is scarry reading this. So sorry for your troubles. I'm 3 1/2 months post op and this exact scenario is starting to happen with me. I wake up coughing and if I wait to long to get up, I start to puke. Now when I start coughing, I get up and sit in a lazy boy. It helps a lot.

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