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I hope that you will post again after your virtual meeting on Monday. I'd love to hear what information you might gain.

Will you post again with an update?

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Yes I will 🙂 Thank you for your interest 🙂

Greetings...I met with the thoracic surgeon yesterday and I really only have 2 options...1. to keep up dilating the stricture multiple times a year or 2. to pursue the surgical option of removing part of my breastbone and moving my esophagus off of my heart and closer to the breastbone, removing the area with the stricture and reconnecting what is left of my esophagus to my stomach again. Eventually I will need the surgery but the timing is in my hands...do it now, while I am younger, healthier with very good insurance or later when I am older, retired with marketplace insurance and unknown health conditions...I am leaning towards doing the surgery sooner than later, but having been through this type of surgery in my past, it is not an easy decision to make.