Rachel Onishi is now a week past her surgery and is making remarkable progress. Even the doctors are amazed! She credits her rapid recovery to the fact that she is a physio. She knows the important of moving around after a surgery like this…even if it’s painful and she feels more like lying down. It might be difficult, and tiring …

Rachel is now a few days post-op and is doing really well. Her husband updated her blog for the first few days, but Rachel felt well enough to post yesterday. Go to her blog to read her account of post-stomach reality: http://cytosinedeleted.wordpress.com/    

Today is the day that Rachel has her gastrectomy. You’ve followed her story through our corporate blog posts. Please join all of us at pt Health in sending Rachel our best wishes for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. We will keep you up to date on what is going on. Rachel – you rock.

We’ve taken you through a lot of Rachel’s story – from genetic testing, to results, to diagnosis, and now through to surgery. Later on this month, Rachel will be having a complete gastrectomy. As a physiotherapist who works for a rehabilitation company, Rachel knows that physiotherapy, massage therapy, and naturopathic medicine will have a part to play in her recovery …

Last week, we told you about how an upper endoscopy revealed that Rachel had Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer.  This week we’ll tell you a bit about gastrectomies: why this is the best solution for people with CDH1 mutation and/or HDGC and what it involves. “Although this procedure is complicated and commonly leads to weight loss, diarrhea, altered eating habits, and …

Last week, we told you about how Rachel found out that she had tested positive for the CDH1 gene mutation. This week we will tell you about how Rachel discovered that she had Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer. Stomach (gastric) cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer worldwide, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The overall …