Stomach cancer

So sorry to hear about your diagnosis, it’s a lot to cope with! The medical team will have discussed your treatment plan and wouldn’t offer surgery if it was felt that it wasn’t an option for you.

Surgery is tough but I found chemo harder! Others have only had surgery or only chemo, sueCC should hopefully share her husband’s experience, as he was older when he had a total gastrectomy.

As far as eating after surgery, protein and carbs are most important as you get used to eating without a stomach! You will get advice from the dietitian, which can be tailored to your needs. 
Good luck!

Thanks Jac, Yes happy Harry my husband had his stomach out age 79, his hospital didn’t give him chemo as they said they don’t give it to over 75s for stomach cancer, they said they found they didn’t do so well with chemo, we was a bit worried about that but nothing we could do. He was stage 3 but lymph nodes was clear when they did the lap scope luckily.

Hes 82 now and doing well, he can eat most things but in smaller portions, we’ve been on holiday a few times, he works hard in the garden for his age, in fact you wouldn’t know he hasn’t a stomach. 
He belches a lot and gets a bit of bile and acid, apart from that stomach wise he’s ok. 
He was in hospital for 7 days, the first 6 months was a struggle food wise but you soon learn how to handle that. His weight goes up and down now, I think it depends on how hard he works and the calories he burns off. He has a yearly phone call with the surgeon, B12 jab every 3 months and daily vit tablets. 
We did also consider not having the operation after the surgeon told us all the bad things but I guess they have to do that but like Jac says if they didn’t think you could do it they wouldn’t offer it to you. 
What ever decision you make will be the right one for you. Good luck and stay on this forum as a lot of info and help. All the best.