Connect
← Return to Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?
Discussion
Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (132)Comment receiving replies
@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.
Replies to "@ajax2026 Hi sorry I didn’t see your post till today. I hope your brother is doing..."
hello. the doctor says he's improving... but i wouldnt say "much better"
i'd leave it at improving 💪 he"s still on iv antibiotics, lung stent,
feeding tube and very weak.
*Christina Labrie*
*Labrie Fine Art Conservation*
@manuelo Could you talk more about the experience and after effects of the neck incision? I may have to do likewise. It was described as coming up and over the clavicle (which they'd have to cut), and then food lump would likely be visible when I swallow, especially since I'm petite. Is that your experience too?
Connect
@manuelo hello manuelo. i have an update. i just wrote a long note to you and somehow it got lost. sorry if i repeat myself. i'm glad your feeling well 🙂 you said every complication possible... did your lung collapse too??? his lung collapsed, filled with fluid, infection and a leak. its the most feared one 😥 dr. says he's getting better. my sis in law said it was a bad day yesterday. they took a drainage tube out, there was alot of pain. she said, he had to walk a long way to the bathroom and it took everything out of him and lots of pain after. He has a sent in his lung and feeding tube. He's a retired pilot... always fit brave and macho. I worry but a tube coming out is a good thing. many thanks, Christina