I am literallly scared to death over this. I have had two laperscopic surgeries to pull my stomach, which had traveled behind my heart, & put it back where it belong. I lost most of the fundus then. SEcond surgery worse. Now I am being sent to UCSF and they want to slice me open and take what is left of the stomach and repair my already damaged esphoagus.
When it comes to surgeries if something can go wrong it will. my teeth are thinning, my throat is full of bumps & lesions. I have amstha induced by this. I have trouble swalling. I have to have oxygen at night & cpat breather machine to keep me breathing at night. My 02 went down to 83% when tested. I keep avoiding the surgery. I am 57 yr old with some other heavy duity health issues. And SF is a three hour drive. I can no longer drive because I fall asleep behind the wheel. I am ageing way to fast.
So do I have the surgery or live my life out as it is now? what are the chances of it becoming cancer? If you have been told that you have Barrett's Esophagus this is of course a precancerous condition. With continued severe gerd you are putting your life on the line in more than one way. The gerd caused the barretts esophagus and is what will cause it to become cancerous. Your lung problems could very well be from gerd and if so you will have increasing lung problems if the reflux is severe. The trouble swallowing could be from several sources but can be caused by damage from severe gerd. Even though you have sleep apnea and are on cpap you are also probably loosing sleep due to night time reflux. There are, as you already know, many potential problems caused by gerd.
If it were me, I would ask the doctor "how will this surgery improve my quality of life" and also"will this significantly improve my lifespan"
Then the decision is up to you. |
