Hi! hope everyone's well - I found an interesting article on the net about Achalasia. It's a couple years old but had some info I haven't seen on other...
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Howard M. Ottenheimer
howard@...
Jun 14, 2000 3:30 am
... Thanks for the reference article. My family physician is convinced that my achalasia is due to reflux, even though I was not aware of any heartburn or ...
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dlbasford@...
Jun 15, 2000 12:29 am
My son has achalasia, gastroparesis and a loss of peristalis. It started about a year and a half ago when he was a senior in college. He lost about 40 lbs...
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EWagner593@...
Jun 15, 2000 6:16 pm
Hello, I'm sorry to hear that your son is so sick. I also had the same symptoms. I had a Botox injection, then three dilations, before my doctors opted for...
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Carol Haggas
chaggas@...
Jun 16, 2000 2:05 am
Hi! The only information I could find about problems with the Upper Esophageal Sphicter muscle was contained on the website for Froedtert Memorial Lutheran...
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dlbasford@...
Jun 16, 2000 7:15 pm
Thanks for responding. I was able to find the web site on CP Achalasia. I have spent many hours on the web looking for information on achalasia and I have...
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Carol Haggas
chaggas@...
Jun 17, 2000 2:03 am
Good luck - there's not much info available anywhere on achalasia, unfortunately, and certainly nothing about your son's condition. Hopefully, you're in a...
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Charles Wemyss
charles@...
Jul 13, 2000 4:18 am
Seeing as there hasn't been a message posted for a while I show below what I've been able to put down in words regarding my achalasia. Perhaps it will help...
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drk@...
Jul 23, 2000 5:03 am
My physician just prescribed urecholine 25mg/ before meals. Has anyone tried this?...
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Don Fogle
don@...
Jul 26, 2000 7:11 am
Dear Carol, I read the message you posted about Achalasia back (I believe) in February. I found it very helpful. I am wondering if you have had the surgery...
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wiseguysny@...
Jul 26, 2000 7:13 am
I wrote in May to let you know I would have a laparoscopic myotomy. And I am glad to report that the results have been phenomenal. Here, I share my experience...
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Claire Metivier
bandit702@...
Jul 27, 2000 10:00 am
I was glad to hear of the good results of your myotomy. I'm sure it will encourage others who are hesitating to have it done. As for myself, I am not ready to...
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Don Fogle
don@...
Jul 27, 2000 10:00 am
Thank you so much for sharing the results of your surgery and afterwards. It sounds great. I am at the stage of having been thinking about what my next step...
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Richard Harrington
richard.harrington@...
Jul 27, 2000 10:00 am
I have suffered from achalasia for several years and have had 5 or 6 balloonings. The last one was a "special" ballooning which worked very well. ...
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Carol Haggas
chaggas@...
Jul 28, 2000 4:27 pm
Don - Unless you're willing to travel, the surgeon who performed my myotomy is here in the Chicago area. At the time he did mine, I believe he said he had ...
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Carol Haggas
chaggas@...
Jul 30, 2000 8:56 am
Hello, Charles - Have been meaning to respond to your message for some time now, just finished up a big project and so am playing catchup with e-mails. You...
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Carol Haggas
chaggas@...
Jul 30, 2000 8:56 am
Don - finally cleaning up my email inbox and found that I hadn't really answered question about reflux after surgery. I had an anti-reflux procedure performed...
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Chris & Leslie
cshyne@...
Aug 1, 2000 4:15 am
signoff...
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red57kw05@...
Aug 2, 2000 6:35 am
Hello, Thanks for letting my husband and I join! We are at our witts end. Last April /99 my husband had his first surgery (burning muscles by scope, and the...
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EWagner593@...
Aug 3, 2000 3:41 am
Please go to UCLA Medical Center. My doctors saved my life with a Heller's Myotomy. If that's what you need then that's the place to be (on the West Coast)....
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DON FOGLE
don@...
Aug 3, 2000 10:08 am
Elena, Thank you for taking time to write about your experience. I am really glad to hear about the UCLA Center. I have heard from others who are back east...
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Charles Wemyss
charles@...
Aug 6, 2000 3:55 am
Dear Carol, Thanks for your reply. I will be asking my local pharmacy for Cola Syrup! I recently found an excellent article in the website of the Arizona ...
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CONTENT806@...
Aug 6, 2000 3:55 am
Hi: In 1985 I had a Heller's myotomy that was very successful. Since that time I have taken anti acid pill daily. If I have little of no food three hours ...
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joniemail@...
Aug 9, 2000 7:52 am
My daughter, age 27, was just diagnosed as having Achalasia. We are informed that there is a blood test that will tell if it was caused by a parasite, but the...
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Kelly Wickman
kwickman@...
Aug 10, 2000 3:45 am
Hi. I have not heard anything about a blood test to determine the cause of Achalasia. I would be interested in hearing an actual cause for the disease. I...
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Howard M. Ottenheimer...
howard@...
Aug 10, 2000 3:45 am
Joni, Chagas disease is a lethal disease that can be easily verified with a blood test. Treatment may be similar but the prognosis is very different. It ...
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red57kw05@...
Aug 10, 2000 3:45 am
Dear Joni, I'm afraid to tell you that a blood test is really not necessary. My husband was diagnosed with it 4 years ago. Yes, it can be caused by a...
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Jennifer
jennlee.2@...
Aug 10, 2000 3:45 am
Hi Joni, I'm wondering if this blood test mentioned is in relation to Chagas Disease (a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease - some 50,000 die from it...
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Renée Kenneth
moon9@...
Aug 12, 2000 6:17 am
Hello, I've been diagnosed with a rare, "Nutcracker Esophagus", with a probable combination of Achalasia. My symtoms are similar to the one's I read in this...
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Howard M. Ottenheimer...
howard@...
Aug 13, 2000 3:54 am
I would appreciate it if you would list your symptoms. -Howard...
