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@manuelo

More on your question. I did lose 30 pounds but I was overweight so I now weight what I should and I am eating basically normal meals and staying steady at my ideal weight.

I was eating 4 to 6 meals a day but it seems my stomach stretched out so I am down to 3 or 4 meals and normal portions.

They cut my stomach from the navel up to my chest in between the breast plates, and then another cut in my throat on the side to join the esophagus and stomach there.

I am explaining this cause you asked if it was Ivor Lewis surgery and I can't recall.

Hope this helps 🙂

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Yes thankyou Manuelo, it sounds very similar but my husbands chest wasn’t opened, to remove most of his tummy. It must have been a big surgery for you and pleased you are on the mend. My husband may need a Jtube to have nutrition administered as he can’t eat enough to keep weight on. He was very tall and thin b4 he was diagnosed and has lost 33lbs and still losing, so there’s not much left of him. Hopefully the feeding tube will help. 🙂 Thanks for yr answer.