On going progress.

Great news! So good to hear positive experiences! Hope your wife continues to recover! There is life after a gastrectomy! 

That’s really good news, I hope your wife continues to improve, Yesterday marked 12 months since my treatment finished and I’m pretty much back to how I was before the surgery, good luck x

Thanks.

Thanks.

Hi Sop,

Im currently healing at home from my total gastrectomy, which was done on 24 July 2025.

I had been surprised with how well I had got through the 4 rounds of FLOT chemo before surgery so it's come as a blow how much I am struggling mentally post-surgery. 

I am struggling to stay positive and feel completely hopeless at times. I feel like I can't do anything that I used to do to get pleasure. Im still on a full fluid diet, not allowed to move on to soft diet until Saturday. 

Ive gone out for a walk but im frustrated at how slow and tired I get without going very far. 

It's comforting to hear you feel you've managed to get back to how you were before treatment after just a year. 

Do you have any tips? Im afraid that im not going to be able to mentally handle things 

My wife had a fully G in May. The tumour benign so no chemo. She has had to have a stretch recently as difficulty in swallowing but she has managed small meals. You are in early days but things will get better hopefully. She is managing longer walks but still gets tired. Hope that helps.

Hello I myself had the same problems when I got home from surgery. I set my mind up to do a little bit of walking to start i.e around the garden then around the green outside the house. Then as the days passed I pushed myself a little bit further. I found the post op chemotherapy harder than the pre op. But I got through it one day at a time. Now nearly three years later I walk up to three miles and go metal detecting on Sunday's. I also attend two support groups for Cancer patients, which l find a great source of hearing other people's stories and advice on getting the most out of what I can achieve. Even joining a gym run for patients with long term health issues. So I suppose what I'm trying to say is it's going to take time to get through this journey of this part of your life. 

Hi, sorry would have replied sooner but had problems logging in. It does take a while, I think that your doing well, I still get tired sometimes. For me it is the emotional stuff that still gets to me. Whilst having treatment and recovering after the op there was always something to think about, tests, chemo,  once that plan has been completed it can be difficult to process what has taken place, you will get there. Try not to be hard on yourself, just recognise that you have and are doing very well, easier said than done I know as its easy to feel that all the support has reduced but you will get there. Take care 

Good to hear your positiveness. It's the only way.

Thank you Johnboy1957