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Trouble swallowing after stomach radiation
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May 24, 2007 - 3:56 pm
Hi: my mom has stomach cancer stage 3b had 3/4 of her stomach removed on 1/13/07 had 4 chemos and 28 days of radiation and chemo (xeloda) pills during the radiation. after the 10th radiation she's been vomitting and nauseated at all times. has been getting ivs for flouids and has been givin every pill possible to stop the nausea but nothing seems to work. any suggestions of what might be going on with her esophegus? im her caregiver and its driving me mad to see her not eat and she's getting smaller by day. Her radiation dr. said that the stomach is a very sensitive area to treat and this might be the side affect and it will take a few weeks for it to go away, her oncologist said the same thing and im thinking what if during her treatments the cancer has spread to her esophegus, she finished radiation last friday, and she has two weeks off, and if she gets better, she's to get 4 more chemos and then she's done. anyone has any idea of what is happening to her. thank you |
Joined: Dec 2006
Hi! My husband who is only 28 had cancer at the GE junction. Although some say esophageal,some say stomach it was a gastric cancer. He went through pre-op chemo and radiation, surgery which was very similar to your mom's and then post-op chemo. He went through the same thing. He went from 176 to 117 before chemo was ended. Most of her issues may be stemming from the surgery with the addition of chemo. It takes a long time for your body to readjust to a new digestive tract let alone all the chemicals added that just keep everything raw anyways. Radiation is very hard when it comes to the stomach area. My husband swears he will never have radiation again regardless. Did they insert a feeding tube during surgery? My husband had a feeding tube but we did not use it but lots of people who have this surgery use it to keep the weight up while going through chemo. It bypasses the painful areas and will allow her to maintain or gain weight. You may ask about that, and all I can say is keep getting her fluids and drinks lots and lots of water. As for meds, my husband took zofran, phenergan, kytril, reglan and iv meds to keep from vomiting violently. His naseau was actually controlled pretty well. I know that xeloda causes sore in the mouth and throat and my husband vomitted up lots of mucous because his throat was so raw that it just stuck there. They gave him throat meds to help with that and also watch for throat infections if she would develop a fever. He is now a little over three months past chemo and is doing gre