Hi all,
i haven’t posted anything or been on this forum for about 2 years now and I am just wondering if anyone has started having any difficulties eating 3 years post op?
I had my op to remove a 3cm tumour at bottom of Esophagus at stomach junction in June 2022 and had 2 rounds of mop up chemo and fortunately they removed it all with no spread to anywhere, and no cancer on lymph nodes.
had the usual difficulties eating afterwards and have built up over the past 3 years and I can eat a fair bit now (obviously not as much as before op). I have found some things are now more difficult when swallowing and I find cold food easier to manage which has been the case post op. I find I’m coughing a little bit now whenever I eat which is more of an involuntary cough (no phlegm or congestion). This is a new thing for me and I’m wondering if anybody else has experienced this 3 years or so down the line? I attend a monthly support group so will ask them when I see them too but just wanted to ask as many people as possible.
Thankfully never needed a stretch following surgery and am wondering if I may need one now as it does feel uncomfortable on the chest area a lot of the time recently when eating? I’ve googled this and it said the stretching would normally be more likely soon after the op but not impossible to need one 3 years down the line. I’m maintaining my weight so no concerns there.
Thank you for reading this
