My mom had a total stomach removal on 10/31/07. She was stage 1B. They removed 9 nodes and 1 had a detection of cancer. No other organs affected. She has recovered very well from the physical surgery and just started her radiation and chemo today. 28 radiation treatments of 10 minutes each, consecutive days. She has simultaneous chemo for 5 days for about an hour each. 5FU/LV. Then she has 21 days rest at the end of which time she'll have finished her radiation. they will decide at that time if she'll go for another 5 days of chemo or call it done. That's the good news. Her problem has been acid reflux or more specifically bile reflux. Since she doesn't have a stomach, she doesn't get acid reflux. It's bile reflux which is fluid that gets secreted into the intestine for digestion when you eat. Since the esophagus doesn't have that flap anymore which keeps the bile from coming up and the esophagus is connected directly to the intestine, she has frequent bile reflux. It's a painful burning, sour taste. Does anybody have this problem or did you have this problem? How did you resolve it? What kinds of foods triggered the reflux. Does anything help that situation?
thanks for any information.