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Esophageal Cancer after Bariatric Surgery

Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Jun 8, 2023 | Replies (30)
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@bmccord44

Good morning Don so my dad found out yesterday he has a esophagus cancer and they admitted him to the hospital and now they’re waiting to put a stent in his esophagus. Have you ever heard of that they don’t know what stage is yet so hopefully he’ll find out soon yesterday he weighed 126 pounds he was really really skinny.

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Don Higgins, Volunteer Mentor | @dsh33782 | May 24, 2023

Good morning. No I have not heard of putting a stent in esophagus. I'm guessing that the cancer has damaged the wall of the esophagus requiring stent to direct flow of food and liguids to stomach. I was stage 4 due to tumor in esophagus and affected lymph nodes near by. They can do endoscopy and take biopsy and PET scan to better determine extent of cancer and what best treatment plan is. Hopefully it was caught early enough. Please let us know what the plans are?

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