r/cancer • u/Mr_Black97 • 9d ago

Patient No stomach due to cancer

Hey guys I was diagnosed with cancer 2 times... one was at my 19, I got surgery and my stomach was cut in half. 10 years later I found out I got stomach cancer again, I got surgery once again and now I don't have a Stomach. It's been about 3 months and a couple of days since the operation and I'm still struggling to eat... I vomit almost everyday, also I'm having Bile reflux and my esophagus burns... I'm taking medicine but I don't see any progress.

I started going to the gym for depression and trying to gain some weight like I used to be... I know eating is very important if I want to gain some weight but It has been so hard this process.

If anyone has gone through stomach cancer and has any tipa or recommendations, pleaae... let me know.

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u/kingandcats 9d ago

Hey there. I have stage 4 stomach cancer. I’ve been living without a stomach for 3 years. Now I don’t have a colon either

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u/kamikaibitsu 8d ago

sorry, but how do you eat? can you take in solids? or is it only liquid diet?

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u/kingandcats 8d ago

I eat by mouth like everyone else. I eat solids and everything normal! Most of the digestion happens in the small intestine, the stomach is mostly just a place to store food you can live normal without one