Thanks for your input! I'm not looking forward to surgery or recovery, but I am looking forward to getting past it all. As for informing my surgeon: I've only seen him at my first visit when he looked at the scans and ordered the second endoscopy. I did call the office and told the nurse these things, so I hope he got the message. She wasn't sure that I'd see Dr. Ward before the surgery, so I'm thinking that I won't see him until sometime in the afternoon tomorrow after surgery. Medicine isn't the same as it once was. I remember being able to talk to a doctor by phone. I remember being called with test results instead of getting an email directing you to a 'patient portal' with test results - kind of a surreal way to be notified that you have cancer. However, on Manday (the day after I got the email on Sunday), the doctor in Nashville who did the endoscopy did call me to discuss the results. I still haven't spoken to the doctor here who will actually do the surgery, but I did call his office that Monday. So, I will attempt to make sure he's informed before surgery tomorrow. Thanks again!