Andrea, thanks for the wishes. The thing about the surgery is it wasn't a cutting stuff open surgery, it was a stretching stuff open surgery, although there was some bleeding, so presumably some raw flesh somehwere when they removed the stent (the advantage of having a g tube is they can see this because the bood goes into the stomach). I really have no idea if the "upper neck" area that is lighting up is close to the esophagus or not. My ENT knows I had that surgery and I assume he might be less concerned if it was the esophagus lighting up.

Nelie