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Excessive Mucus with Esophageal Cancer
Does anyone suffer from excessive mucus after eating or drinking. I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer one year ago. I started off with chemo, which did nothing and was switched to Keytruda every 3 weeks which has worked wonders. I am still stage 4 though. I was told that what I have is treatable, but not curable. I guess I can live with that. I have this excessive amount of mucus when I eat or drink. Does anyone else have this, and if you do, how do you deal with it?
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Sorry to hear about the pain. I don't experience any. Just pressure when I swallow. I chew sugarless gum all the time which helps with phlegm. I also drink lots of water. Hope he is feeling better soon.
My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 esophagus cancer August 2021 he has the same problem when he eats and drinks.
The Dr. Recent had a PET scan done and said everything was going looking good, but my husband still has trouble swallowing at times plus he has right sided nagging pain under his armpit below where his chemo port.
I have looked for ways to reduce the phlegm production, don't know that I could get him to take anything else because he has so much he is doing now. 😢
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1 ReactionHi, how are you doing. I see this post is older. I have been diagnosed with the same and suffer the same symptoms.
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1 ReactionHello everyone,
Thank you for allowing me to join. I hope I can add value to the members of this group. May I ask, has anyone experienced inconsistent swallowing? My brother can swallow only in the evenings. The Oncologist can't explain the inconsistency, and we can't find a pattern. I have provided more details below and hope it helps. My brother was diagnosed with stage 3 adenoma-carcinoma esophageal cancer in November 2022. He is being treated with chemo and immunotherapy. He is not yet a candidate for surgery or radiation because of the size of the tumor, which consumes the entire esophagus to the stomach. He will be getting a feeding tube this week too. Thank you for reading my post. God bless.
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1 ReactionOh, I totally understand what you’re saying. My husband is stage four adenocarcinoma. He was first diagnosed with Barrett’s syndrome, and it just seemed to get worse and worse, and then he just couldn’t eat or swallow but the mucus is always there. Every bite or drink he swallowed brought up mucus. He is now on his third stent, which is to help him be able to swallow, and it has also helped with the mucus, however each time there’s an issue with the stent, relocates or falls down into the stomach, always right back at the mucus stage again. And when he had his last stent put in, we also had a feeding tube put in that goes into the stomach and into the intestine so that even when he doesn’t feel like eating due to the chemo regimen, he is still getting nutrition. The mucus part is really tough. It robbed him of his ability of enjoying food and having friends or family around during meal times. I’m so sorry you’re having to go through this. If you do find a solution I’d love to know about it.
Thanks, I will google for foods, too, to do with mucus forming.
I had surgery September 2022 , and have had the same thing , with me it comes and goes , I make sure to spit out anything that comes up rinse with mouth wash
How did you change your diet?
Can you tell me how many HBo treatments you had and how long you were in the capsule. My husband has had 35 treatments. Each one lasts 2 hours but the mucus is still coming constantly.
Another thing I learned for help with swallowing- while eating drink a cold soda just when you’re having trouble - no straw…