Hi Nicola. My husband has A, was diagnosed in England. "if there is only 6,000 people in the UK suffering from this condition (thats what i've been...
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Christine Hulmes
christine.hu...
Mar 1, 2010 12:57 pm
Hi Nicola Where in the UK do you come from? This is important as it has a bearing on which surgeon you see and the location. I live in North Wales and I...
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bigbrillohead
Mar 1, 2010 3:26 pm
You might want to take the time to figure out if you're having HEARTBURN pains, or ACHALASIA-related pains (officially termed NCCPs -- non-cardiac chest pains...
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earlrc_2000
Mar 1, 2010 5:57 pm
I felt the need to chime in here a bit with some info and a couple of questions. First, just some background: I've had Achalasia for 19 years and 8 years ago...
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nicola2pearson
Mar 1, 2010 9:30 pm
Thank you all for your advice! I'm over in Hertfordshire, but I now feel adequately armed to discuss who will be best to do the op when i see my consultant...
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Dawn Batchelder
sickoffat
Mar 2, 2010 2:50 am
Hi Nicola, I think you have a great attitude and I am sure you are going to manage this disease beautifully. I live in the US and can't help with your NHS...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Mar 2, 2010 6:38 am
... One thing to note about lists of substances that increase or decrease LES pressure is that the information usually comes from experiments with normal...
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jp_shaw1
Mar 2, 2010 6:41 am
http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_surgeons-perform-first-scarless-myotomy-surgery-in-us_1353294 Not a very detailed story but very interesting....
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nowtri
Mar 2, 2010 6:53 am
... finely something new to treat this problem! being that i am in canada i am guessing that I will never see this kind of working being done here! But i will...
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donnagaboury
Mar 2, 2010 3:32 pm
I have had 2 dilatation balloon procedures for achalasia but I am still having very bad muscle spasms. I know everyone's symptoms are different but I just...
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Martin Mueller IV
mt4mar
Mar 2, 2010 3:36 pm
Yes it does. That is a huge concern with me seeing my father and he father both have had heart issues. My father had a triple bypass. I had several talks...
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lindaschrank@...
lindaschrank...
Mar 2, 2010 4:34 pm
This sounds very familiar. Before I had the achalasia diagnosis, I called a cardiologist because I thought I was having a heart attack. I wasn't. The pains...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Mar 2, 2010 4:42 pm
This is a very good question that has come up many times in the past and will continue to as it is something that many of us have faced. Yesterday, while...
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bigbrillohead
Mar 2, 2010 5:13 pm
If you look back at Message #57431 from yesterday, you'll find a link to another post that might be very helpful!...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Mar 2, 2010 5:16 pm
... I was just talking to a woman who was a nurse for many years and knew the signs of a heart attack yet when she started to have heart related chest pains...
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blicky77
Mar 2, 2010 5:52 pm
Anyone try taking a supplement that increases production of human growth hormone? I was wondering if it would help alleviate symptoms. Vicky in Cape May...
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blicky77
Mar 2, 2010 6:08 pm
How is it that symptoms can come and go for some people when this is supposed to be a degenerative disease? I thought that would mean once functionality is...
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Merilee
mkautz01
Mar 2, 2010 8:59 pm
Hi Group! I'm doing really well after surgery. I do have an issue. At night when I lay down my E hurts and it still hurts in the morning when I wake. Hurts...
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blicky77
Mar 3, 2010 1:12 am
When I first starting having symptoms of Achalasia I actually lost my voice for 6 weeks. Has anyone else lost their voice for an extended period of time like...
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James Clarke
xabishaix
Mar 3, 2010 1:56 am
Interesting. In fact there is a condition where if the vagus nerve gets pinched or has a lesion on it you can get sudden onset achalasia. One of the main...
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blicky77
Mar 3, 2010 3:26 am
I never heard of that. Is it reversable?...
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James Clarke
xabishaix
Mar 3, 2010 4:43 am
I don't know. Search achalasia and vagus nerve on google. I will try and find the article it was in. Sent from my iPod...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Mar 3, 2010 5:42 am
These are links to abstracts for two study of long-term results for myotomy at PubMed: Functional analysis of long-term outcome after Heller's myotomy for ...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Mar 3, 2010 6:21 am
Another link to long-term results. This time for dilatation. A pneumatic dilation strategy in achalasia: prospective outcome and effects on oesophageal motor...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Mar 3, 2010 6:49 am
Sometimes people ask why doctors don't want to sedate them for manometry. The reason they don't want to is because most of the data that shows what a manometry...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Mar 3, 2010 7:10 am
... Too much is not known, but the destruction of certain esophageal nerves is well documented. There is not just one type of nerve that controls the LES....
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Martin Mueller IV
mt4mar
Mar 3, 2010 12:21 pm
Hello, That is a good question. This disease a a progressive one and even though you have been able to manage eating at stuff up to this point things...
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uncanny_nanny
Mar 3, 2010 3:05 pm
Hi all! I am new to this group. I am 4 1/2 weeks post-op with Heller Myotomy. Scheduled to go back to work tomorrow and I am eating and feeling much better....
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Martin Mueller IV
mt4mar
Mar 3, 2010 3:24 pm
This is a good place to chat and get connected with other with the disease.  There are many people here that are willing to listen and support you. You...
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uncanny_nanny
Mar 3, 2010 5:38 pm
Hi Merilee! We must have had surgery around the same time. My lap Myotomy was on Feb 1. I am having the same issue that you mentioned. I tried to explain...
