@colleenyoung Thanks! I wish we'd had that we'd had that collection of resources six months or so ago. I've been on one since early March. In fact, I'm on my second, the first having been replaced ten days ago, when the opening tab broke off. I also resisted at first and lost about 30 pounds on a soft diet, and I'm short. I've regained about 10. I'm not totally dependent. In fact, I eat a pastry and a couple of cups of coffee every morning. At 6 months, my PET and EUS + biopsies showed me cancer free, but I have a stricture about a third of the way down, courtesy of the proton radiation. I've had one dilation and I'm due for another on 11/13. I may need a couple more. Timing and working it in with a normal life is the main aggravation now. An oncologist friend (not my doc) compared them to raising a difficult child. You get used to it... 🙂