To all new members

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the post. It seems to be an excellent summary of what we all deal with.

[Guest guest]

This was a great link. Maybe if I forward it to my friends and

family who think it's not as painful and bad as it is, they'll read

it and understand it's a real disorder.

Thanks.

> Thank you for the post. It seems to be an excellent summary of

what we all

> deal with.

[Guest guest]

PS:

As Cindi said the barium swallow shows the LES being

tight and not relaxing, It is my understanding that the

manometry shows the severity of esophageal dysmotility.

I'm not sure why they need both.

Maggie

Alabama

[Guest guest]

I am posting here a message that should have been sent to you automatically when your registration for membership was approved. For some reason, there was a problem and the message has not been sent to you. Everything is now working OK, and any new member from today will automatically it. However, for those of you who have not seen this welcome message - here it is. Please read it carefully.

Luv - Sheila

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