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Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Aug 24 6:09am | Replies (133)Comment receiving replies
p.s. i forgot to ask if they used a stent to help heal the sprinkler? from your description though it sounds like they opted to do a feeding tube while it healed. Also, could you remind me what year you had your esophagectomy. I'm sure you said, but sometimes i have trouble finding past post. i hope your having a great day 🙂!
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@ajax2026 Hi, sorry your brother is still feeling tired. He needs to eat, rest, do some walking and use the breathing exercise machine. He should get better soon. I wanted a stent so bad cause of my strictures but ended up doing a bunch of endoscopy sessions and then my own dilations. As for the leak it healed on its own. They just had me off food and very little ice to munch on for a few days. It was torture but I cheated and smuggled buckets of ice and I would gooble it like the cookie monster 🙂
I think the leak healed in the last 7 days I spent at hospital cause they had me eating soft food then. I kept the jtube for a couple of months after that. I eat EVERYTHING know and I thank God for my lucky stars. I am very vital and strong now and happy to be alive and living a normal life.
I am sure your brother will get better too. 🙂