TG done!

Michele

That’s great news! So good you are through the op.   Eating will get easier as you get used to eating small portions and soft foods just now!  So good to get out a walk a bit too in this lovely weather!

Good luck with the next stage!

Thank you  

Michele 

Well done ! 

Thank you  

If you have any questions along the way, just ask !

Am 7 months the other side of a Total Gastrectomy now, and after a recent endoscopy my surgeon said that through pushing myself with eating I’ve managed to stretch my jejunum from the size of a tennis racket grip, to that of an inside trouser leg now and my small intestine has formed a small pseudo stomach, and I’m able to eat fairly decent portion sizes now.

If there’s anything I can help with, just shout !

That’s brilliant news well done… I do hope mine stretches in time… I’m eating well still, sometimes it gets stuck hurts around my breast bone area but I suppose it’s only been 2 weeks since I started eating. The only problem I’m getting is being constipated, if you’ve any advice I would be grateful. 
Thank you 

Michele 

It will ! Just keeping plodding along a day at a time and you’ll get there before you realise it !

A good thing a friend and I (both on this journey, he an Ivor Lewis surgery, me a Total Gastrectomy) both have for that is this

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Thank you! I’ll look it up… 

My husband is now three months past his partial gastrectomy and had been doing okay until recently.  He suddenly is finding it difficult to fit food and is losing weight quickly.  What's going on?

Hi, so sorry to hear this! Could you get in touch with his surgeon and ask them. I’ve read on forums about people having stents put in the oesophagus to stretch it.

Sorry I can’t give you much help… hopefully he’ll get some help. 
Michele