A number of studies have implicated viral agents in the pathogenesis of achalasia. Â More recent studies using more advanced methods including polymerase...
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heathermccluskey@...
heathermcclu...
Jun 2, 2010 2:38 am
It is also impossible for me to drink anything fizzy anymore. If I do then it just foams up and comes back out, it is just not even worth it for me to try...
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Christine Hulmes
christine.hu...
Jun 2, 2010 11:23 am
Hi Heather I am able to burp a little sometimes and i will go 3 steps up the stairs and jump down to force any trapped air out pretty extreme i know. I have...
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Victor Rival
victorrival
Jun 3, 2010 1:17 am
Hello Tim , The best of luck in your recovery, I have A and your courage for the surgery give me strength.. Life Is Now Victor Rival [Non-text portions of...
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Alana Wilson
ladybugs2501
Jun 3, 2010 3:48 am
I'm getting ready for a Heller's in five weeks. Just wondering what the recovery was like and whether pain was much of an issue post surgery. Were you able to...
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Vinnie Murray
coachvmurray
Jun 3, 2010 3:59 am
I think the younger you are the Faster the recovery. I had mine at 34, I had not really Been able to eat or drink anything for the 3 months prior. I had the...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Jun 3, 2010 6:27 am
I should be responding to emails about PPIs and bird viruses, but that isn't going to happen tonight. I was near two ladies recently when one was telling the...
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Christine Hulmes
christine.hu...
Jun 3, 2010 11:49 am
Thank you Notan. Your story about the bean pie made me smile when feel down in the dumps. Thank you again for the humour. Christine from the UK ...
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Daniel Hoffman
rp518dan
Jun 3, 2010 12:29 pm
We always talk about what to eat and to not be afraid of pain meds, because it's harder to trest pain once it's bad than when it's starting. You would also do...
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Desantis, Michael
rmdesantis
Jun 3, 2010 3:22 pm
Alana I had my myotomy about 6 weeks ago, and from reading this board you'll see that everyone is a bit different and everyone's surgeon has a different risk...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Jun 3, 2010 6:24 pm
Notan, Your brilliance and humanity have always been one of this Board's greatest assets (not to mention your wry and quirky, "Spock-like" sense of humor you...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Jun 3, 2010 9:35 pm
... You are not the first to notice. I was in junior high when Spock seemed to have some of the answers I was needing and some of the problems I knew. He did...
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spotoca
Jun 4, 2010 9:50 pm
I am kind of freaked out right now because my worst suspicions have come true. My E. Is all streched out and tortuous with a U like bend in it right before it...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Jun 4, 2010 10:24 pm
With apologies to those who have read my story all too many times. Cara, I was in the situation you described, "drain pipe" and all, but I was having problems...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 4, 2010 10:36 pm
Thanks for responding Richard. Did you have the dilatation while your E was tortuous? Is there any more risk to having a dilatation done with a severly...
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milwaukeemommy
Jun 4, 2010 11:03 pm
I don't know much about this disease & I am pretty new to this forum, but I wanted to send you good thoughts & lend my support. My husband has A & had a...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 4, 2010 11:18 pm
hi, quick recap of my history. I was 18 and I realized I couldn't burp after a big meal. I did not thing about it for 4 years until i couldn't even swallow...
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Alana Wilson
ladybugs2501
Jun 4, 2010 11:42 pm
Hi Cara, I'm at about the same spot as you, I'm booked for a myotomy but still swithering- particularly about whether the surgery will make things better or...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 5, 2010 12:04 am
ALana, what is your story? What shape is your E in? Are you having any symptoms now? What did the doctors tell you? C...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Jun 5, 2010 3:03 am
Hi Cara, In response to your questions: I had the dilatation (my first since the surgery) when my E was tortuous. Unlike all the dilatations I had before my...
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Alana Wilson
ladybugs2501
Jun 5, 2010 5:03 am
Hi Cara, My symptoms reached its peak at age 12, but there are stories in the family of me crying when I was little because it hurt after I had eaten and I was...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 5, 2010 1:50 pm
Richard, YOu mentioned that your E was like a drain pipe as well. Was it at any point hanging lower than your LES? I really couldn't tell if the lower part of...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Jun 5, 2010 8:24 pm
Hi Cara, My "drain pipe" showed in the initial set of Xrays 4 years ago just like the one under the bathroom sink as looping below the LES, then curving back...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 5, 2010 10:43 pm
Thanks so much Richard for having this dialogue with me. I hear you about the fact that the surgery is up to me. I just don't understand why that surgeon told...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Jun 6, 2010 12:23 am
Hi Cara, NYC is my home turf, but the names of Dr. Rice and Dr. Patti stand out far above the best surgeons here, though they are far from being slouches. You...
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milwaukeemommy
Jun 6, 2010 12:36 am
Cara, I only wish my husband were as concerned about his health as you are about yours! I know that sounds horrible....I don't wish this disease or the fear of...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 6, 2010 12:48 am
Hey Michelle, I was just like your husband for 14 YEARS!! Think about it, its been a long long time. I thought because I was mostly asymptomatic that nothing...
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milwaukeemommy
Jun 6, 2010 1:02 am
Cara, unfortunately he is not early in his journey. The entire time I've known him, he's had trouble swallowing & that's been now 18 years. I always questioned...
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Cara Spoto
spotoca
Jun 6, 2010 1:48 am
Michelle, I think what they meant when they said thatnhis esophagus was too narrow, was that his LES was too narrow and that is why they did the balloon...
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Edward
albyone23
Jun 6, 2010 2:04 am
Hi Richard, The statement about your GI. "I found him to be brilliant, but arrogant" was an exact description of the surgeon who did my esophagectomy he was...
