Dear Lesa, This is frustrating, I know. It's a hard time both for you and your husband. I can so much understand your husband's feeling and him not wanting to...
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tracylb@...
tldund
Sep 1, 2007 10:16 am
Isabella, I have no problem answering questions for you. All I can do is share what I went through and hope that it helps someone else facing the same thing....
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tracylb@...
tldund
Sep 1, 2007 2:15 pm
Isabella, Hopefully your wonderful post will help more than just Lesa. I think it is so hard for the spouse or significant other, or even parents of the person...
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Ann Higgs
lilac_blosso...
Sep 1, 2007 4:38 pm
Dear Lewis, Welcome to the Group. I live in the North of England and have had Achalasia since 1990. You need 3 forms of support to fight this disorder: a...
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Deborah Lattimore
artistdebora...
Sep 1, 2007 10:03 pm
Hello, Lewis, Before I found this group and joined it, I went through a series of various diagnoses but it wasn't until I found this group and then, armed with...
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lsk631
Sep 3, 2007 3:39 pm
... Tonia, It's a small sac that forms at the lower esophagus due to the pressure. Apparently they fix it at the time of the myotomy. Is there alot of...
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Kristen
contessakay
Sep 3, 2007 4:19 pm
Hi everyone, I'm sorry to those emails I didn't personally reply to - I appreciated all of them!!! Just wanted to let you know I have an appointment with an...
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Kristen
contessakay
Sep 3, 2007 9:58 pm
I have had severe stomach pain for the last year and have never gotten it diagnosed. The doctors give me strong pain meds for it, but they really don't know...
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let45ride
Sep 3, 2007 10:27 pm
Kristen, Good luck at your appointment with Dr. Little! Last year, my husband saw Dr. Rice for a consult, only after we insisted on it with the GI doc (Dr....
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jagd41
Sep 4, 2007 4:22 pm
I am finally going to meet with the doctor that diagnosed my 14 y.o. son on wed. We live in Albuquerque, so I am not sure about surgeons, but I was wondering...
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jomascarenas
Sep 4, 2007 6:29 pm
--Hi, I'm also from NM. I was diagnosed last December. My home dr. put me on medication and made an appointment for six weeks later. I was lucky enough to...
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LunaIam2@...
lunaiam2
Sep 4, 2007 6:34 pm
John, here is a link to some questions for both the GI and Surgeon that has been added to the database on the web page. Hope these will help you. _achalasia...
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Sharon West
iipistacio
Sep 4, 2007 7:07 pm
Dear Group, I a once again reaching out with my greedy hand. I feel that I am at a total loss and the last 8 months has been for nothing. I am forwarding a...
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toniasdogsandi
Sep 4, 2007 10:26 pm
PLEASE JUST CALL AND SCHEDULE A APPOINTMENT WITH DR RICE !!! TELL HIM YOU ARE READY FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE AND OBVIUOSLY NOONE ELSE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU. THIS...
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toniasdogsandi
Sep 4, 2007 10:34 pm
Hey John- I am glad you are meeting with him.Give me a call if you have anymore questions ok.Also Let me know how things go and remember to ask how many he has...
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Sharon West
iipistacio
Sep 5, 2007 1:29 am
I have made my decision thanks to you that I have waited long enough abd benn patient enough I need action and answewrs I will call dr Rice first thing Wed...
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toomuchclutter
Sep 5, 2007 4:17 am
Well Sharon, I have a tattle-tale need sometimes when people are incompetent. I looked up Dr. Falk, hoping to find a chain of command or organizational chart...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Sep 5, 2007 6:47 am
I said it would be interesting to see other studies on the effect the diameter and shape of the esophagus have on surgery outcome. Here is one. Again, this was...
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let45ride
Sep 5, 2007 1:44 pm
Sharon, As of a couple of years ago, when my husband first went to Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Edgar Achkar was the head of the Swallowing Disorders Clinic. Is Dr....
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Kristen
contessakay
Sep 5, 2007 1:54 pm
Some of you suggested I try to find out what the numbers on my LES are. I got out copies of my motility tests and have no idea what the 'normal' LES levels are...
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michelle
zlmmom1
Sep 5, 2007 3:42 pm
Hey I - good luck tomorrow, hopefully I've gotten this to you in enough time, I don't know how far ahead of me you are on the clock. Please let us know what...
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Ann Higgs
lilac_blosso...
Sep 5, 2007 4:44 pm
All the best, Isabella, for tomorrow. We are all on your side. Love from Ann in England XXX michelle <mcnairmichelle@...> wrote: Hey I - good luck...
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battaglinianita
Sep 5, 2007 5:18 pm
G'day Isabella! I've had September 6 "earmarked" in my internal clock, too. Have been thinking of you in the lead-up to your appointment tomorrow. All the...
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Rob Earl
earlrc_2000
Sep 5, 2007 5:46 pm
Hi Kristen, I didn’t check to see if anyone replied to you, but I thought you should know that for me the pain was an indicator that something was wrong long...
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Isabella Arnold
arnoldisabella
Sep 5, 2007 6:26 pm
Hi guys, Thank you all so much for your well wishes! Just what I needed today... At the moment I am so very very nervous, I don't know why, I just am. Of...
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Isabella Arnold
arnoldisabella
Sep 5, 2007 6:44 pm
Dear friends, Just after I wrote the post about my decision and my doubts, I got a post from Dr. Schulz tonight. He still wants to perform the TSE on me. He...
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jagd41
Sep 5, 2007 7:31 pm
Hi all. I finally met with my son's gastro, and was armed with my own questions as well as some you sent me. It seems our dr has done his own research, so he...
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tracylb@...
tldund
Sep 5, 2007 7:35 pm
To answer your questions: "Why am I do this to myself? Why do I keep having these doubts and why do I keep running around in this crazy little circle?", I have...
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Susan
binzhouren2000
Sep 5, 2007 7:49 pm
Kristen, those aren't the pressure numbers. They just show how far down your LES was located on the manometry sensors. Pressure is expressed as millimeters...
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Isabella Arnold
arnoldisabella
Sep 5, 2007 7:51 pm
Hi Tracy, Thanks so much! I would tell a friend to go for the -ectomy, so I'll try to tell myself too, definitely for the last time. You've said so many things...
