Got my final Endoscopy today which will tell me if I have enough healthy Oesophagus left to enable my surgeon to agree to operate. I think they call it the 'Ivor Lewis' operation. It's no understatement to say that I'm terrified because I am already in a lot of pain when I try to swallow, so I've no idea how they are going to get their instruments down my throat.
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