Finished with the upper endoscopy. I recovered pretty quickly. Propofol is my sedative of choice. No long groggy hours. They did a dilation and a botox shot and pulled some stuck food out of my esophagus. I figure 1) I need to be more careful about what I eat and 2) this buys me several weeks or couple months to figure out what's next. I'm going to go ahead and meet with the surgeon and discuss the Heller Myotomy or the large balloon dilation. I had a hot soy milk steamer on the way home then some oatmeal at home and I feel pretty good.

Another upper endoscopy tomorrow for a regular dilation, botox shot, or both. That should provide some relief. Then I'll talk to a surgeon soon, Dr. K2., to see about doing the Heller Myotomy.

I haven't kept down solid food since lunch Monday. I'm doing pretty well with water, Gatorade and almond milk. I'm waiting for a call from Dr. K. to see when he can do a procedure to open up my throat today or tomorrow. Then we can discuss steps to take after that, whether it's the large balloon dilation or the Heller.