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Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Sep 12, 2025 | Replies (5)
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My husband did not have a kink, but he did have a hole in his stomach. His surgeon operated and patched the hole. Admittedly even that took a long time to heal, but eventually it did.
My question is why can’t your husbands surgeon go in and straighten the kink with a stent? Having no path forward is not acceptable. Does he have a J-tube in for nourishment?
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The kink was found during an endoscopy to find what was wrong. It is too far down for a stent to be placed. It would require major surgery but even that was not definitely mentioned. His surgeon was out of town when had these tests. He basically isn't taking anything orally and relies on the j-tube for all his nutrition. This is a bad setback. A friend suggested getting gravity boots and hanging upside down. Ideas like that dont seem so crazy when you're desperate.