Hi Everyone,
My Mom was diagnosed with Stomach cancer in Oct 05, she is 63 years old. 2 days later she was in for surgery to remove half of her stomach. Luckily none of the lymphnodes were affected or anything else, it was very early. They didnt recommend the chemo or radiation after a PET and 2 CT scans because they didnt see that it has spread anywhere. Now she was very lucky and I am extremely thankful. She is having a extremely hard time however gaining her weight back, actually she has lost between 30-40 pounds. She has tried ensure, boost, ice cream, you name it and most everything just goes right through her or makes her vomit. She has such bad reflux all the time, she has tried numerous pills that her Dr prescribed but nothing is helping. Her GI Dr even went in to stretch her esophagus 2 times and it still hasnt helped. Has anyone found anything that will help with her reflux mainly? Her weight is something else we need to work on as well, but she said that if she could get the food down past the acid or bubbles then she thinks she may be ok. Thanks so much for any input!! Celina