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Anyone experience lung collapse after esophagectomy?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Feb 24 9:35am | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
@lindainca Hi Linda, my stricture developed right nect to my Adams apple where stomach and esophagus were joined. I had to undergo about ten endoscopies to stretch it and it would narrow down again. Finally I got fed up and found out I could do my own “dilations” with a bougie dilator and started doing those on my own. I probably did them for three or four months every other day and now I dont have to.
I can help anyone that wants to do them with valuable tips.
Take care
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@manuelo Thank you Manuel. That is approximately where my join was done. Before surgery I had a stricture at that point that several times closed to the point I couldn’t even swallow water. They did an endoscopy with dilation each week for three weeks, but it would not stay dilated. They could only dilate it to 8mm max, thus their conclusion that it was time for esophagectomy. I can swallow food pretty well, but it seems like the opening may be narrowing. How do you do a self dilation?