Hi all
i I had my surgery 6 weeks ago today. This was oesophageal gastrectomy and Ivor Lewis, so very long (11hrs) and 9 days in hospital. I’ve since lost around 22 pounds in weight, a lot of it is catabolic so it eats your muscle. I plan on keeping the weight down and getting the musics back if I can.
The main reason for posting is that I got the histology back yesterday and it was the best news I could have hoped for. The chemo was as affective as it could have been and allowed the surgeon to get wide margins and there’s no cancer outside the stomach or in the lymph nodes. I’m having a meeting with oncologist to decide about another 4 rounds of FLOT but unless my risk is significant I’ll try and resist it. I won’t take any undue risks with further possible spread but the chemo was very tough last time.
My own message to anyone starting this journey is to be really positive and take it in your stride because you’re very likely to have an excellent outcome these days. I’m not going to lie, I was shitting it back in December but now I feel like I’ve been given a second chance which I’m going to take with both hands.
Good luck to everyone and feel free to ask me anything and I’ll try and help.
Hi, I’m seeing the oncologist tomorrow following my operation 5 weeks ago and I’m expecting to be asked the question about post op chemo.
sorry to ask but did you mean that the chance of your cancer reoccurrence was increased if you had more chemo after the surgery. Thanks 
