Gary,
Thank you so much for your usual informative update on this. It has helped one member who was about to have her esophagus removed and her stomach pulled up to replace it. Would you believe she was having this surgery done at a hospital that already has this equipment and no one mentioned it until she asked. They are now going to try that first and do the esophageal surgery if it doesn't work. Let's pray it works.
She is still going to have to have a laryngectomy but that is liveable as I can attest.

Thanks also to Carol. What a propitious post.

Take care,
Eileen