brendan

My salvage surgery (medical term for surgery intended to eradicate recurrent tumours when radiation and chemo failed) wasn't quite the same as yours but it did result in never being able to eat, drink, or even swallow (without aspiration into lungs). It's especially tough here in the US at Thanksgiving time, but otherwise quite doable. While I hope that you don't end up with such results, just a quick note to say it's not as bad as it sounds. Think of it as an effortless way to achieve ascetism. No worries about overeating with the automatic fasting inherent in feeding tubes. It's been over three years now since my surgery and tincture of time does work.
Charm