Thanks for your input Brian, I appreciate what you have been through. I have been begging for the surgery since Oct. '11 due to the pressure from inside, very high between the breast bone. The radioactive oatmeal got all clogged up in the upper esophagus. My stomach, liver, and spleen are inflamed and tender. I have "labor breathing" all the time. As soon as I get the fundoplication done and recovered well, I will do the BarrX ablation treatment for the Barrett's. Hopefully, I am not more than two weeks away from surgery.