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Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?
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@manuelo
hello manuelo. my brother had his surgery feb 3, 2026. He was discharged feb. 10 , 2026 everything was going well until yesterday. His lung collapsed and there's an infection. he's in ICU now. he has a stent, feeding tube was put in and another tube draining his lung (i.e. infection fluids)... it seems now we're sitting here with the worst complications possible, and he didnt loose alot of his esophagus or stomach, it was stage 2 but now this has happened. your post gave me hope 🙏
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@ajax2026 Hi sorry I didn’t see your post till today. I hope your brother is doing much better. I had every complication including a bad infection in the neck where he cut to access my esophagus and sew it up to my stomach. I am sure your brother will get better quick. I am living pretty much a normal life and maybe partying more than I should. I eat, drink, grill, party, exercise and live normally thank God. Getting off the feeding tube and resuming my own feeding was a struggle cause I kept eating more than I should and I would get cramps for hours, the strictures of my esophagus were another challenge but I overcame doing my own dilations. Hope your brother doesnt get strictures but if he does need to do dilations you can contact me for tips on how to do it.