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Lung cancer surgery and chyle leaks

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 25, 2022 | Replies (9)
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@sweetgia003

Hi! I too had a Chyle leak. It was horrible. My doctors put me on a NO fat diet! I mean I felt like I starved for almost a month! I was in the hospital for part of my recovery and they don’t have the right foods for this as into was a statistic. As soon as you cut out the fat it should clear up. They recommended 25 or less grams of fat a day.
They also call it the no fun diet. It shouldn’t go too long as we need fats (healthy ones) but please see this site to help guide you. Try google as they have many other ideas to help with recipes.
https://www.stjoes.ca/patients-visitors/patient-education/a-e/ChyleLeakFatFreeDiet-trh%20(2).pdf
I hope you heal quickly!
Prayers.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Aug 25, 2022

This is so helpful Gia. Thank you. I'm sure @kkckkjm will appreciate having this pdf.

For some reason the link doesn't completely hyperlink. Just add the .pdf to the end and it works. It's a patient guide from St. Joes Hospital in Hamilton, Canada.

Here's a shortened link that works:
- Fat free diet for a chyle leak https://bit.ly/3dYbALS

Gia, once you were healed, did you have any further issues with the leak?

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