True... we do tend to eat robotically the first 12 to 24 months... and once we finally distance ourselves from nasty tummy and intestinal pains (let's say dumping syndrome)... we certainly get cravings... although not actual hunger pangs from before esophagectomy. At almost 5 years post-op I eat quite a bit now, and I rarely get dumping syndrome, ass explosions, diarrhea, etc. So I suppose my new stomaphagus has settled into place and I guess expanded quite a bit. I can now eat a Big Mac and some fries and a small drink... at one sitting. But if my stomaphagus fills up too much... because my taste buds got carried away (and I'm an idiot sometimes)... I just bring up a little and spit it out. This helps. But I rarely have to do this. I'm back to sleeping normally too... can pretty much lay flat, on either side, head on one pillow. I admit I never saw that possibility coming... but it did at 15 to 18 months post-op. I rarely have night-time nasty reflux that gets into my windpipe... and I've never aspirated. I suppose my pylorus functions well... motility ok... and no bile reflux that many can see.

Ok... our next Sunday Zoom call starts in about 45 minutes (9am Eastern).

Be well.

Gary