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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes
Hi
Just a little note on oesophagus cancer. My partner was diagnosed with oesophagus cancer in 2003 when she could not swallow and brought everything up if she tried. We went to the local GP who refered us to the specialist who in turn had a surgeon doing the removal of the oesophagus. The tests took about a week and the diagnosis was removal of the oesphagus or she would be dead in a few weeks. She was 81 at the time.
She agreed to the surgery with about a 25% survival rate. They put her in Westmead hospital immediately. She was in intensive care for three weeks and hospital for another six weeks. She fully recovered (the specialist thought she was wonderful). She is now 87 and had a little trouble a few weeks ago but it was only scar tissue which has been removed in a couple of day surgeries. She is a surviver!
Barry
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Thanks for sharing that with us Barry.
It must have been an awful time for both of you. Emotionally and physically.
So glad that the latest hiccup with her health was relatively minor.
She's a lucky lady to have such a caring partner.
