Hello,
My mom had her stomach completely removed 5 months ago. She had needed a transfusion from all the bleeding polops they found. Anyway after 6 weeks in the hospital....with the vac in her wound, we thought she would be fine. She came home and now it is still the same. She lost so much weight. She can't eat because when she does it gets stuck in her chest. It is not all the time but a lot. It just seems like her esophagus has spasm attacks or something. She is very constipated. She needs B12 shots every month. She was taking this Canadian pill that suppose to soften the esophagus but it didn't do anything special within the last 5 months. What is really bothering her is when she drinks any liquids, ensure, water, etc.... she throws up or spits up foam. This happens a lot. She gets very nausaus. Now they are saying that, prior to this she had cancer in her saliva gland and maybe from the radiation, it damaged her esophagus. With that now that her stomach was removed the esophagus is worse, according to the doctors who don't really seem to know what is going on. Today she is having tests done by an esophagus specialist. When she had the enoscopy a couple of months ago they said her esophagus did not need to be stretched. But when I read some of the messages on these boards it seems like there are a lot of others with the same problems. It is very confusing. If anyone is going through this or knows someone who is please let me know how you are or how they are doing.
Thanks, Jenn