Oesophageal stent advice

LozzaT 6 months ago

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Hello all,

My husband's oncologist is arranging for him to have a stent fitted to help ease his swallowing. Just 2 weeks ago we went out with close family to watch the rugby and went for a curry afterwards. He had a milder one for a change because of his sore mouth but was able to eat it with no problem. The following week he started to feel his food going down. Then it started to become uncomfortable. Then, since about Tuesday, he can't eat solids, food is getting stuck and he even struggles to keep some drinks down. So, stent it is.

Can people please share their experience of the procedure for the insertion of the stent, getting used to it and the general pros and cons?

TIA

Lorraine x

SMW 5 months ago

My MIL has a stent, the procedure itself it relatively straightforward, however she was in some pain afterwards. This did settle after a few days, but just something to be aware of. The stent has been a godsend, as my MIL couldn't even drink water at one point she's now able to eat sandwiches which we never thought she would. Since having the stent, the reflux has been worse, and has been causing her a lot of pain. Some days are good some days bad, but I think this this is common with this type of cancer. He stent did drop after about 2 weeks so she then needed to undergo the procedure again to move this back into the right place. Again straightforward and only caused minor pain afterwards. Hope the procedure goes well x

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