 Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 | Gary O,
My wife had a stricture and has had at least 7 dilations. For a while she was having one very 2 to 4 weeks. She was on the G-tube for about 8 months and she was able to get off it after the first couple of dilations. After the third dilation she would be able to eat some solid food for a couple of weeks and than the esophagus would close again.
After the last dilation, she was seeing a speech therapist and that helped a lot with swallowing since she has not a dilation for several months.
CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations
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