Unfortunately I do not live in the Phoenix area. I live in Maine so as far as the hospital an Doctors for your area I can't help. What I am is a 2 year survivor of Esophageal Cancer. My treatments sounds similar to yours. I was stage 3 when diagnosed. Underwent 6 weeks of chemo and 28 radiation treatments simultaneously. Had a month break and then had surgery to remove my esophagus. My wife was also my champion during my journey. Sounds like you trust your doctors which is great. I was also blessed with a great team. With that being said for me not researching my cancer on the internet was the best option. Chemo and radiation were tough but manageable for me. Surgery will be life changing. It effects so many things that you do on a day to day basis. How you eat, what you eat, how much you eat along with daily activities such as sleeping or even bending over. Do not let that scare you because all the changes are well worth it to survive. If you surgery is like mine you will also need to sleep on an incline to keep food and such from coming up when you sleep. Recovery from surgery will take some time, I was probably two to three months to get back to semi normal after surgery. Listen to you health care professionals but push reasonably hard to get better. Good luck with your journey and if I can help in any way feel free to reach out.