I had the operation at Mayo in June. Dr Edwards. Best experience I have had. I was on morphine
for a couple of days and had no pain. Because the operation was done late in the day, I stayed over night 2 days. After getting food that I should not have had (too big of a bite not enough chewing) a few times I learned to eat small bites and chew. I stayed on liquid protein shakes. The last thing he said is stay on soft foods for life. Steak, Chicken, Bread will be difficult and ya know what he was right. My esophagus does not push food down very well. That said other than more gas than I would like to have, the operation was a raving success. Give your self several months to adapt.