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Newly diagnosed esophageal cancer. I have a lot of questions.
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If you don’t mind me asking, what do they do after they remove that much? Do they construct something ? How does that work? My husband has Barrett’s and the idea of that much being removed is frightening.
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They typically will remove part of the stomach also and then pull the rest up and connect it to the remaining esophagus. It is an intimidating surgery but after you get thru the first year things get better and continue to normalize. There are adjustments that he will make to how he eats, when he eats, how he sleeps...etc but is all doable and there is an opportunity to have a good quality of life.