Julee - 'recon' is a good term and is your way to go. Find the best surgeon you can and then their insurance people can help you. I'll use my personal example...
... Thanks for sharing that. There are few studies online that give any details about straightening the esophagus. I have commented on this in the past and...
Michelle, You have just described insurance nightmare!! This is the kinds of crappy stuff we have to deal with in the middle of a health crisis no less! ...
... An incomplete myotomy may mean that the myotomy needs to be extended and that another surgery is needed to do that. Sometimes it can be fixed by a...
Hello Cara, Yes, Dr L is much more approachable and willing to answer questions. A few comments: 1. As far as a wrap goes, I did not have one due to the...
Well I guess I spoke too soon. Last night my son went into the bathroom, came out & said "doesn't dad know how to flush? he left a heap of puke in the...
Hi Michelle, I am sorry that you are facing this problem with your husband. I have achalasia and I'm just finally getting ready to perhaps have the...
I emailed top esophageal Dr. Mary Maish and she responded immediately to me on a Sunday. She told me that they have a "comprehensive program" at UCLA for...
I really have no idea Julee. He's never been one to go to the dr for anything....checkups...illness...the only reason he ever ended up being diagnosed was...
Michelle, Maybe, you need to do like what I am doing, research the best doctor/GI lab for achalasia and take him there? If you could find something that is...
I don't think he'll go to *any* dr, much less one he would actually have to travel to see. I have absolutely no idea how experienced his doctor was. When Rob...
Michelle, this is a rare disease, seems that we are learning so much on this site. I would never know about these things if it weren't for this group. I am...
Michelle, I wonder if your Husband realises that he is pretty much the same as most of us? I reckon that the only difference is that he is ready to admit to...
I need a little help guys. I haven't posted in a while but I had a heller myotomy in Feb this year. I am now experiencing what I first thought was my heart...
... Ive had 2 Hellers and most recently a esophagectamy.I have experienced the same feeling to date.Im leaning towards anxiety or low level stress,like a low...
... to me on a Sunday. She told me that they have a "comprehensive program" at UCLA for achalasia. She wants to meet with me and told me that her staff would...
Hi everyone , Im Brad ,Im 53 and live in MN. I was diagnosed with Chrons disease and achalasia when I was 14. Thats when I had my 1st Heller done.I was also...
Wow, Brad, what a story. You have come to the right place. Hopefully, you will find a quiet spot to share here. A few have had a removal, but not with your...
Hi Brad, My name is Susan Thompson and I am from Thunder Bay, Ontario. I'm 44 now, and had my very successful esophagectomy shortly after I turned 40. I also...
Hi from England! Another esophagectomy patient here. Had mine this year in feb at Oxford. Had 2 myotomies and a cardioplasty before we had to accept that my...
Thanks Brad! It is just something that is very annoying and I haven't been real sure how to deal with it. I believe I will give my Otolaryngologist a call...
Hey Brad - glad you found us. There's probably about 2 dozen of us that have had ectomies and aside from Christine in the UK, who unfortunately has had some...
Hi Michelle, Could you explain to me what the dumping syndrome means? I have heard this term used, but don't know what it means?? Julee So Calif. ...
I thought everything was going down fine lately....he's even been eating meals without his ginormous cup of water. But the other night we had chicken & rice...
Coughs can mean many things. At one point in my life it meant that the food was not going down and not coming back up.....just basically stuck in the E...
ahhh, dumping syndrome. In a nutshell, because our systems have been shortened when we have ectomies, our food moves through more quickly. When I first had my...
After reading about this syndrome, I wonder if achalasia also contributes to this facter?? I find that EVERY morning for the past 2 years (as my A has gotten...
