Someone posted this on the Facebook page Cool People with Achalasia (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_200707803300303&ap=1) When the good-looking...
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zlmmom1
Jul 1, 2011 12:30 pm
Hey Martin - if you're looking for help - count me in. I have marketing and sales experience and I am happy to make contacts, write letters, organize-...
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Ms
zancotraining
Jul 1, 2011 3:29 pm
Hi All -- I just wanted to send out a note to give a big "THANK YOU" for this group. Many of your postings have comforted and provided me with valuable...
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ladawki143
Jul 1, 2011 5:01 pm
EEk! The cup gives me the willies! It's so surprising to me that carbonation helps people with achalasia! I've been diagnosed with vigorous achalasia and have...
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Carolyn
wooleeacre
Jul 1, 2011 6:13 pm
Hello, Start at the top.. ( surgeon that is) they usually will help you. Most insurance companies have this ridiculous dictionary of med. procedures. Because...
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RICHARD FRIEDMAN
cynmark24
Jul 1, 2011 6:20 pm
I would have liked hearing if the last poster (ladawki143) still gets spasms, and the frequency and intensity of them since giving up carbonated beverages 2.5 ...
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Godsgirl
jc_elder
Jul 1, 2011 8:34 pm
A young lady with Achalasia has started a Facebook group called Achalasia Teens. Check it out http://www.facebook.com/pages/Achalasia-teens/118541064901613 ...
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Julie Montoya
medhelpinfo
Jul 2, 2011 3:46 am
Hi Z,  I also struggled with A for many, many years before I became emotionally ready to move forward and have the surgery. I started with getting all the...
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ladawki143
Jul 2, 2011 5:56 pm
I do still get the spasms, but I obviously avoid anything that I suspect to trigger them. The carbonation is the only one I know to be a trigger, but there are...
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Kwame Nurse
kwamenurs3...
Jul 3, 2011 2:33 pm
I to believe that you should stay away from sodas as Ive experienced problems swallowing food. I rarely experience spasms and when i do its mainly because i...
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Kim Bailey
kimellenbailey
Jul 3, 2011 3:16 pm
carbonation really helps me. very much. isnt that weird how we all are different and yet the same. What difference...
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mer
me_rayme
Jul 3, 2011 11:24 pm
Hi Kwame I have not had surgery or anything, we are all different.This is how I deal with it. I have a least three cups of McDonalds strong coffee each day and...
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zlmmom1
Jul 4, 2011 12:26 am
where in virginia are you? When you decide where you want to go, contact that doctors insurance billing people - they can work wonders!! Keep us posted ...
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Melanie
firstcor15_33
Jul 4, 2011 2:02 am
first, I want to thank everyone who has been answering my questions and helping me. I've gotten more help in the last month, from being on this group, then I...
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Julie Montoya
medhelpinfo
Jul 4, 2011 2:32 am
Melanie,  I suppose everyones experience is slightly different. I can only offer what I actually went through during my 22yrs with it before I finally was...
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mer
me_rayme
Jul 4, 2011 4:13 am
... Yes it happens to me when I overeat, but what I do is drink a 16 oz bottle of water with big gulps. This causes the junk to come up, I use a spit up glass...
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Jennifer Crouch
jencrouch86
Jul 4, 2011 12:42 pm
Dear Melanie, I have had it for about 6 years and on those days when nothing goes down, I try anything liquid from ice chips, popcicles, and just broth. ...
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zlmmom1
Jul 4, 2011 1:29 pm
Melanie - where are you located? finding the best doctor is the first key - even a dilation - when done by an experienced doctor - can work well (for longer...
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Melanie
firstcor15_33
Jul 4, 2011 1:49 pm
If I do everything I think I should (sleep at 30+ degree angle, never let stomach get too empty, drink water immediately upon waking and moving around, etc....
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Melanie
firstcor15_33
Jul 4, 2011 1:56 pm
Michelle, I live in Columbia, SC Somebody on this group told me about a DR at MUSC. My dr (who is in Mt. Pleasant) is trying to get me in. I'm thinking...
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Melanie
firstcor15_33
Jul 4, 2011 2:03 pm
Thank you. I have a few questions. why does the coke work like that? what is the LES opening? I will try mag. My vitamin D has been low for the last 3...
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Jennifer Crouch
jencrouch86
Jul 4, 2011 2:40 pm
Sometimes when there is no food in my e, I too choke all night on mucus, and I have no clue where is comes from! I end up sleeping on the sofa at a 90 degree...
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spotoca
Jul 4, 2011 11:48 pm
Melanie, I remember replying to your post a while back about GI docs in your area. I will post it again. You are not far from Atlanta (driving distance). you...
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Nancy Russell
blondie1677...
Jul 5, 2011 2:46 am
I am in Fremont California. I had surgery bout two years ago. It helped me greatly but I have new symptoms I am worried about. I have had a lump or sore in...
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Ms
zancotraining
Jul 5, 2011 3:00 am
I live in Richmond, VA. Right now I have a HMO so I will have to see my GI and then (I think) request him to submit a referrel to the doctor of choice. I'm...
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notan ostrich
notan_ostrich
Jul 5, 2011 6:06 am
... I would be seeing a doctor. notan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Stephanie Cipresse
stephcipresse
Jul 5, 2011 7:21 am
Hi Melanie, I have have only had serious achalasia symptoms for 6 weeks, but some swallowing pain and random regurgitation for 6 months, and intermittent "food...
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Stephanie Cipresse
stephcipresse
Jul 5, 2011 7:22 am
I have tons of mucus and foamy saliva mixed with mucus. I think it is actually produced in my esophagus as an attempt to get stuff to go down. And if have...
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Christine Hulmes
christine.hu...
Jul 5, 2011 8:07 am
Hi everyone Went to Liverpool yesterday and the news is that the narrowing in my throat was ok on the Barium but and a big but it showed a severe narrowing in...
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grahamsev2
Jul 5, 2011 1:05 pm
I was just diagnosed with Achalasia and I am wanting to find a reputable surgeon nearest to Arkansas as I can find. Doing some research, it seems Northwestern...
