Hiccups with esophageal cancer

Posted by sunray @sunray, Jan 29, 2023

My husband's tumor is at the esophageal/stomach junction. He had his first chemo and radiation treatments lat Thurs. He woke up with hiccups at 2 AM on Friday and has had them almost constantly since. It is now Sunday night. If he lays down they stop after a few mins but start again if he gets up. Has anyone else experienced this? He has radiation tomorrow and will check with the dr regarding this.

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mrgvw | @mrgvw | May 16 8:47am

Think I also took baclofen, before my treatments, to head off my hiccups at the pass! I had a few 6 hour bouts of hiccups back in the day... NASTY! They really beat you up.

dougstef | @dougstef | Sep 13 2:53pm

I’m 28 months into my esophageal cancer I’ve had chemo radiation And currently I’m in immunotherapy every three weeks. i’ve had the hiccups since before I was diagnosed every time I would eat something that was firm. I would hiccup until I threw up. It’s much better now I watch what I eat. i’ve had five clean CAT scans. My next one is October 7. Doctor says if I get that clean he will stop treatment.