@jlharsh

Hi Janell, it was more than 10 years ago since i logged on mayo connect the last time. How to do things changed and thank you for your suggestion.

The background is that he had TG in October 2025 (5 months ago). The problem started when he had stomachache on and off, and the cause was unknown until he was taken to A&E in Jan 25, when they discovered a hole and a lump in the stomach. The hospital suggested that the hole was created due to an extended use of aspirin for his heart issue. Then, the biopsy came back with cancer diagnosis with no spread. He had a course of chemo until July 25 and immunotherapy until September 25. Then he had to choose either continuing chemo for the rest of his life or TG, because the lump was right in the middle of stomach. So unlucky that it was located in the middle, so it had to be TG.

Hospital advised the new diet, which he is following to the letter. The problem is that a lot of food he is allowed to eat makes him ill. I perused the mayo connect and found that someone suggested in some discussion to log what he ate, how he prepared the food and how much he ate to identify the trigger. I thought that was brilliant and told him to start that. That is as far as we got.

We would appreciate to hear the experience of other patients and hopefully suggestions.