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Just got home after having my esophagus removed: Recovery tips?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Dec 23, 2022 | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
What Hospital did your Mom have the surgery? What was she staged at? What is RO surgery? How was your Mom’s mobility b4 surgery?
I had one dilation several weeks from surgery and haven’t since. To prepare for the surgery my surgeon, Dr. Shen told me to work up to 3 miles a day to build up my lungs. I had 6 weeks from the end of my treatment to my surgery. I walked every day with my dog who was happy just to go with me, and me with him.
After surgery, I too felt exhausted walking around a block, but I kept up the walking. The cough was there I think because of the tube down my throat during surgery and some fluid in my lungs. I pushed myself to continue walking and mowed grass for the first time about 6 weeks from surgery.
Feel free to contact me anytime. Take care. 💛
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She was stage 2. Had 5 rounds of chemio and radiation for 5 weeks. But unfortunately she has a blood clot (pulmonary embolism) we were super quick and she healed but still it was challenge for the body. 2 months after she had the surgery in Montreal, Canada. Moishe Liberman seems to be one of the best in the world for minimalist invisible surgery.
She is out of the hospital since mid august. R0 is when they removed 100% of the tumour and a “safe margin”. However they found that a small lymph nodes very close to the tumour was + so they want to make sure it will not come back. I’m guessing that changes the stage ?
When was your surgery ?