Update

Friday 24th.January
Last Friday I had a meeting with the surgeon who is one of the team who undertake the oesophagalectomy. He ran through the procedure, a whole day operation in which one surgeon re-configures my stomach and another who works above he diaphragm and once the tumour is removed, attached my stomach back to the food pipe. Probably 2 weeks in hospital. I have also met the anaesthetist who wants me to do a fitness test on an exercise bike next Friday. On Sunday 19th I had a CT scan and on Monday last I attended surgery school. This was a general meeting telling us what to expect after surgery. We tried out a spirometry test kit which basically is a piece of equipment to measure the inhaling lung function. I had no problem with that but a lot of the old crocs there did. One thing mentioned was the importance of exercise before the operation to improve fitness so I am trying to do 10K steps a day now. There were a few smokers and drinkers there who just didn't get it.