Gastric Cancer

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Me and my husband just found out he has Gastric cancer he is in a stage 2we found out it was
out it was cancer about 2months ago We went to are famley because he was vomiting, pain in abdomen, and weight loss.Could not hold down food the the doctors was thing it was a ulcer.And then thay took a cat scan and thay did not find it but thay did find it in the uper GI scop thay took.After thay found it thay did the surgery and it took them 3 weaks to find the pathology report that showed it to be a stage 2.but thay did not tell us till his JP drainage tube
were out he still feels the same if not sicker still feels nauseated vomiting, pain in abdomen so the symptoms are still the same as thay were be for he hade the surgery only now he is in real bad pain and thay got him on TPN IV for 3 months thay do not went him eating food at all.Now thay are runing a lot for test to see if thay can begins chemo and radiation in a few days.But we find out every day that just when it starts to look up he is back in the hospital like to daywitch slows thing up like seting him up for the chemo and radiation its hard for us some times to keep a positive attitude when thing are going so slow and us haveing the fear of this metastasized it is all ready in some of the lymph nodes Life is tough with a sudden news like this. I’ve been struggling & fighting to accept this news. I’m praying for miracle and hope that Lord Jesus will bless my husband and cure her of cancer. God bless those in sickness too, with faith anything happen...so Can anyone share positive results after surgery and chemo radiation?
All I see is the bad news. I am just trusting in God, what else can I do? Thanks for your response i bin married since sep’13..And bin with one and other5 years and he is the only happnes in my hole iam 28 and he is 53 but he is my frist love and will all ways be he is the best man i ever meet and i love him i am so scard i might lose him can some one please give me some hope i find my self crying every night asking god why he is did this to us and so afraid i might lose the olny good part in my hole life so please give me some hope out there Life is tough with a sudden news like this. I’ve been struggling & fighting to accept this news. I’m praying for miracle and hope that Lord Jesus will bless my husband and cure him of cancer. God bless those in sickness too, with faith anything happen.. he has a positive attitude and believes he can beat this thing. I would love to hear from anyone else who is dealing with this. Are there any stories of success with gastric cancer

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I was diagnosed with stage 3 gastric cancer Feb. 29th and had a subtotal gastrectomy March 10. The tumor was at the bottom of the stomach blocking the exit, laying against the pancreas so they scraped some of that off, as well as removing nearby lymphnodes. We had some complications with infection and eroding of internal sutures which caused some bile to leak out, so they needed to go back in and clean/fix this on the 20th. 2 months later, I am STILL not recovered from the second surgery and not eating/drinking anything yet (receiving TPN nutrition as well) am getting very frustrated with this terriby slow process as well. There was a point where they thought I was healed and let me eat, but my drain output started to turn green again (indicating bile) and made me stop eating. Fortunately, the week I WAS eating, I had no problems (other than drain color) and my previous symptoms did not return. I guess that means that the gastrectomy was sucessful (?). My surgeon told me that any internal healing takes much longer than we expect because of the "wet" enviornment so I just need to be more patient. It's getting very hard to remain positive when it seems that no progress is being made.

I too, was concerned about having to delay chemo/radiation. We are waiting for me to heal from the surgery before starting chemo treatment. My oncologist said that delaying treatment a few weeks/months will not make much difference.

Everything that I hear, anything other than stage 4 gastric caner has a good prognosis. I'm sure your husband will be fine and he'll recover eventually. I've heard many stories of other gastric cancer patients who have survived so I never really took my diagnosis as a death sentence. My children's preschool administrator was diagnosed with stomach cancer early last year and it had spread to many more organs and she had MAJOR surgery (beyond gastrectomy) and I met her middle of last year and she was working full-time and I had no clue she was sick. She looked perfectly healthy and she recovered completely. She says she's doing great now and hasn't had any problems. I realize it will be a very tough fight.

I feel for you because I know that my illness has been harder on my husband than it is for me, even though I'm the one with the cancer. The emotional stress he bears is harder because he sees me suffering and can't do anything. Not to mention, he has to bear the responsibility of holding down the fort and taking care of 2 toddlers AND me! And I have to say that the times I break down are when I see how hard all of this is for him. You have to be strong for your husband, so he can be strong...

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thank you so much for your post it did help me to read thank you

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Thank you so much for your post it did help me to read thank you.Is there some food you can eat and if so it would help me to know what thay might be so I can try my husband on it if you do not mind me asking