Glad to hear it!

Wow! Thats a lot to go thru, but at 39, hopefully this will be a small blip on your life. Wishing you a full recovery

How r u now

Hi, I am from India, 36/M Diagnosed with stomach cancer, because of Gastric Outlet Obstruction my doctor advised surgery before Chemotherapy. Now I recovering from the surgery after that I'll take session for chemo. Love you God bless you

Do you have cancer of esophagus. I’d love to hear what you are going through. So my son can make a good decision.

Christian? How ya holding up?

@SkyWater Haven, thank you for asking. I had my 10 hour oesophagus operation last friday. Planed was to perform my operation with the DaVinci operation robot, where the operator controlling the robot arms via a 3D stereoscopic computer console somewhere in the op-room but at the end of the day one highly educated professor performed my OP via the old school, manualy way. I was laying in the operating room from 6:40am till 5pm. The reaction of my girlfriend was exactly the same as yours. She saw me on the intensive care station with all the tubes, cables, catheters and shit and startet crying. My operation was a bit more complicated because the professor not only removed the tumorous parts of my stomach and oesophagus with all the surrounding lympf nodes, he also removed a visually suspect (in size only, not in shape) lymph node between my heart and the left lung and also all surrounding lympf nodes for safety while my right lung was collapsed and out of order to offer more ‚working space’ for all the medical instruments inside of my chest. Well, after 3 days on intensive care i changed to normal care station and recover without any problems. Today is just the wound drainage left, which is hanging out of my back. I also don’t need pain medication anymore. The only little problem i have at the moment is the diarrhea from the sweet semolina porridge. Hope they change my food to something different asap. So for now i am happy that i survived the operation and looking forward for the results of the ‚mystical lympf node‘ histology. Feel free to add me on facebook: facebook.com/christian.nitzsche

How are you doing? I’m waiting for my pathology back but on the preliminary it show strong positively for K19 on the esophageal biopsy which is usually not a good thing… the waiting is killing me

@@bobbirice4420 I hope you have caught it early on and your body adapts to the esophagectomy well. If you have to go through chemotherapy and radiation treatment, I hope you get it early after your surgery and go on to live a long healthy life. I didn't get so lucky. Where I live I was diagnosed within a week. I didn't have to wait. I had many complications after surgery. The weird thing about esophageal cancer is that everyone is affected a bit differently. I wish you the best and I will keep you in my prayers. Good luck!

@@simaaiwen thank you so much for replying and I’m sending you hugs with good vibes and prayers as well. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting for the final report as it was sent for a second opinion to USC in Los Angeles, but I’m praying it comes back somehow negative if not as you said in an early stage.

@@bobbirice4420 hello bobbi how are you? I hope the results came out negative?

My Dad just got diagnosed with esophagus cancer i am devastated and scared he is 74 and he only can have the surgery 😢 💔

Can you let us know how you are doing my son has esophageal he is 32. And may need the esophagectomy

Hi Olivia, Thank you and yes I'm still doing good. I will make an updated video here soon that discusses some of my challenges,

@@Esophagectomy Best news I've heard all week on both counts. I appreciate it 😊

Gerry Khoo How are you doing?

Hi Gerry, I'm still alive. issues keeping me from asphyxiating while I sleep. I sleep on my stomach and it has been tough. I'll post a video soon on what my bed is like know. How are you doing ? did you do the surgery?

Esophagectomy- My Journey I hope he’s doing well. Glad you’re doing well also.

Having mine in a couple months. How's your diet now?

Me too.

@@dustinnorton7968 Good luck!

Glad to see your doing well on your recovery Miguel! You have gone thru the worst part.

pixotee2007 i just wanted to know lol 😏you’re be fine

Hey Pixotee, Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. how are you doing now? Life for me is back to normal, with the exception of slowing down on my food and sweets intake, taking a break right after eating, and sleeping on an incline. Other than that I feel like a normal person. I see you posted this 2 Months ago? How are you now?

I had my surgery about 8 1/2 months ago. I have an adjustable bed I sleep on. Really helps with food coming back up. I really appreciate you making this video. It really helps people. No one called to check on me after the first week home from the hospital. I use fiber also. I also have to stay away from milk. I don't even like the taste for it now. They took 1/3 of my stomach and 2/3 of my esophagus. I have some stomach left but not much. God bless you for making these videos.

I’m so sorry that you went through such a traumatic ordeal and I’m so happy to see that you’re doing so well now sir and that you’ve continued to live a normal life afterwards. Having a positive attitude makes all the difference in the world and either you can just give up and feel sorry for yourself or like you carry on with your life. I’m so proud to hear of your accomplishments and you’ll have my full support. I’m surprised to learn that you’re capable of eating normally just as you did before. Are you not on any kind of TPN therapy or other feeding tubes and how are you able to swallow without a stomach? Oh and what about taking meds? At least you don’t have to worry about feeling nauseous or vomiting either. I appreciate you being brave enough to share your story with everyone as to give people, hope that they too can live a normal life. I live with a chronic incurable intestinal illness called Crohns Disease and have underwent numerous major abdominal surgeries so I know how it feels to go under the knife my friend. Do you have a strong family support and that too goes a long way for sure. I have been living with an ileostomy since I was 18 years old. I have underwent many intestinal surgeries since then because of the Crohns and I have no large intestine,so I potty that way and I Have no rectum nor gallbladder and am missing two feet of my terminal ileum. I too live a perfectly normal life in every way . That surgery saved my life otherwise I wouldn’t have survived because of the severity of my symptoms. That’s why I’m alive today to tell my story. My heart goes out to you sir and again,thank you for sharing your story. There are times I flare up with the Crohns and have to be hospitalized. Your story has given me so much hope that just because you have a Crohnic illness doesn’t mean that you can’t live normally. Well wishing you all the best fora happy healthy life and hope and pray you continue to do so well and I’d really love to be friends with you sir so my name’s Carla Head and if you’d send me an FB friend request that’d be wonderful. I apologize for making such a lengthy comment,but I have a tendency to get long winded. Oh how long since you underwent your stomach removal surgery and how long were you hospitalized after? When you swallow,how does the food reach your intestines without an esophagus to help guide it into the stomach and into the small bowel ? Do you have problems with malnourishment? Well take care and be well and GOD BLESS!!! Many thumbs up on your video !! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hey Jay, sounds like you really got your ass kicked. It will take about a year to be able to eat everything you ate before. Hang in there, you will just have to eat smaller quantities.

Hey Jami, the good news is he's 45 and even though life is going to change a bit for him, he will still be able to enjoy it. I'm wishing the best for him and your family, please update me when you can.

Jami Lizak hi how is your husband going? My husband was diagnosed yesterday and it hasn’t spread also. He’s 47.. I’m trying so hard to be positive

@@leebeex8 my husband also was disganosed with this. he is 37 non smoker and doesnt drink. He is doing FLOT chemo without radiation before and after surgery. what does treatment look like for your husband?

@@eatmeatnmove Hi Natasha, my husband did radiation & carbo/taxol then surgery the more chemo oxyliplatin/5fu. He unfortunately lost his battle in March 💔

@@leebeex8 I AM so sorry to hear this. My mom passed in April from breast cancer and now my husband is going through this. I am just hoping he gets through and it seems like the doctors are so confident he will be able to fight it. He is also doing the 5fu..flot but no chemo. I am so sorry to pry but did your husband do treatments before and after surgery? did it come back after all of that? or was the chemo/radiation just not successful? I am sorry for your loss. Again I am sorry for your loss!

Wow this post said it was from 3 years ago, sorry for missing it. I hope you are doing ok. I stopped having trouble swallowing right after surgery. its weird how a small spot of cancer in your throat can keep you from swallowing ....but it did.

I had my surgery in Washington State medical center with Dr. Oslager.... I don't think thats the correct spelling. He is a specialist in this procedure and have nothing but good things to say about him.

@@Esophagectomy , Thank you so much. Best to you!

Hi Tania, So sorry you had to go thru all this. it really seams everyone goes thru this procedure a bit differently. I was very lucky and did not have any bloating or any infections. One of my biggest pains was spasms in my back/spine during recovery. Just try and remember that things should get better and going thru all this is much better that letting the cancer itself. I wish you a speedy recovery. Please keep me post on how you are doing. You can reach me directly at carriganterryatgmaildotcom

Hi Lenny, No I did not have Chemo, the type of cancer I had would not have responded well to it, so there was no use. I was in stage two of the cancer. I wish you luck and a speedy recovery.

@@griffinsheba1963 I have a feeling I’m the same as they did say it had spread outside the stomach, all the best and enjoy a happy new year! It was still good to watch your video Well done for sharing,and thank you ! 👍

Hi Bambi! Sorry its taken me so long to reply to you. I was really glad to hear from you... sounds like to are getting thru it ok. What is your biggest issue you are dealing with? Mine is sleeping and not choking to death in my sleep.

@@Esophagectomy greeting Terry ... Yeah having to sleep in a "lazyboy" position has been pretty hard getting used to...pillows piled under your head and then the problem of sliding off them through the night..i have to put a few under my legs to "anchor" myself into a position. So my husband and I have quite the pillow collection now. I'm still on tubefeeds because of motility malabsorption issues.. Gastroparesis sucks! Been hospitalized a number of times due to dehydration/ Hepatomegaly ( enlarged liver) and malnutrition ... I suffer chronic pancreatitis..and bloat symptoms but other than that things are great😄👍... Holidays and family events are still kind of hard because of the inability to eat situation but I'm learning to get through it little by little I'm glad as hell to still be here after everything that's happened. Stay well my friend I'm so glad that you didn't have horrible complications and that you're thriving well today❤

Hi is there a way we can chat. My son has to go through this and I want to know how you are. My son has esophagus cancer stage two like Terry

Hi there! It took me about 4 long weeks to get off that feeding tube. I hated that thing. Good news is I can eat like a regular person now. but have to be careful, not to eat too much or anything too sweet or heavy. Two pieces of chocolate is my limit. I wish you a speedy recovery!

So, my cancer was in my esophagus just on the other side of the valve that keeps the food down. they went in and tried to remove the cancer three times, they could not remove any more without damaging the walls of my throat. so they needed to replace that section of my esophagus, the only way right now to do that is to use your stomach, they pull it out, cut it up and sew it into a tube, they then remove the bad section of your throat and replace it with this stomach tube. hope that makes some kind of sense.

@@Esophagectomy I understand exactly what you mean and the information I have on this is very limited. That’s why I’m exploring now trying to gather information because I know that they have been doing this operation using a portion of the small intestine for over 10 years and it seems like the results are much better because you get to keep your stomach. I’ll get more information when I speak with my thoracic surgeon on the 30th and I’m planning on posting a video about it. my tumor is also at the bottom of my esophagus in the junction. It’s not as large as yours was, but the data that I have now shows that our surgeries will be similar in the removal of the esophagus. using the small intestine is a type of skin grafting form of plastic surgery so maybe that plays into why they don’t do it as often.

He is stage 4 aswel and has 12 months to live at most but he’s really well right now does not look sick atall

So sorry to hear about your Dad Jamie. Life is strange sometimes. I wish you and your family the best. Stay strong and upbeat.

Esophagectomy- My Journey so you have beating cancer that is fucking amazing man I didn’t even no you could beat oesophagus cancer tbh my dad passed away 2 days ago

Esophagectomy- My Journey my dad always drank his cups of coffee boiling hot !! For years and years

For me, the one think that bothered me is milk and ice cream. a little bit wont bother me, but a bowl of cereal and ice cream will turn my stomach (dumping Syndrome). Yea anything that says its good for lactose intorerant people does help.

I had the horrible feeding tube in for about 6 weeks Jami

2 week in our case

Saikat chakraborty sir plz tell me some tips because six months ago I had removed stomach

No it doesn't medicine is thrown out from the body from through excretory system

Thu Nguyen I’m now going on 17 months and doing good!

@@skywaterhaven hi skywater how is your life going without stomach my sergion is going to remove my stomach in coming month my age is 23 yr plz let me share your experince

No not yet. I do still have problems swallowing at times. depends on the food I'm trying to eat or my old bad habits of stuff my face with food.@@abhishekroy8646

Having the surgery in May 2021 love the frank and facts you gave, would like to talk and get an update after 4 yr, slewey@colbert.k12.al.us email me please

Beer no problem, wine no problem, but heavy drinks like whiskey, bourbon or other similar and more then a shot class can take you down if you're not careful. I don't mean drunk, I mean bent over in pain not able to function for a couple hours.

@@griffinsheba1963 Thank you for your reply ! I had surgery (total stomach removal) on September 8th. How long after surgery did you wait before having a beer or so? (I read that carbonated drunks are worse than vodka for example… Though I am happy to hear you do drink beer.).

@@corradodeluca1320 I think I waited till about 3 Months

@@griffinsheba1963 I forgot to ask you an important (to me) question. When you started eating, did it hurt swallowing etc ? If so, how long for ?