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Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Aug 18 10:20am | Replies (14)

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Come on any of our twice-weekly free Zoom calls and talk to patients who have them (most do, many bought at Costco). I never bought one even though I could easily afford one... the wedge pillow base, with about 4 other pillows on top, worked just fine for me. The key is being locked in place with long side pillows, and then using a bottom flannel sheet to add more friction (when wearing flannel type pajama bottoms)... this makes for soooo much friction that it's almost impossible to slide down! But I'm sure the adjustable beds are great... especially if you put the flannel bottom sheet on your side.

For some reason I stopped suffering from reflux at maybe 15 months post-op... so I now sleep normally once again... on either side, head on a single pillow. I'm basically pretty much back to normal now at 5 years post-op. But that first year post-op... what a wild wide!! Pop on our EC Zoom calls.

Gary
Southern California

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Hi Gary. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your journey. Your experience is inspiring and so glad it has worked out so well for you. I will join the zoom call on Sunday mornings beginning this week. My husband gets IV's during the Wednesday calls so logistically it is a challenge for us to manage.