Guest guest Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 Hi Welcome to the group! I am sure you will find many answers to your questions here. I am also at a similar stage of my treatment with the disease. I am having my manometry test on the 7th of july and then surgery in november. My syptoms have been apparent for about as long as yours also. If you have any questions ,just fire away. You will always get plenty of responses here. I am 27 and from Dunedin, New Zealand. Take care Kim At 00:54 23/06/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hi .... > >My name is and I live in Calgary, Canada. I am a 51 year old >who is otherwise in good health. I was diagnosed as having Ashalasia >earlier this month. I have had had swallowing difficulties for >probably three years. Initially the family Dr. said I was eating too >fast. The problem became more chronic by early in the new year and >by >March I was hardly able to keep down anything to the point I was >getting dyhydrated. I had a gastroendoscopy on March 10th and the >Dr. >expanded my lower esophagus using a small balloon. The Dr. sent me >for a barium swallow and manometry. When I met with the Dr. on June >12th he gave me the definitive diagnosis of Ashalasia. Due to my age >and good health he has recommended the Heller myotomy. I had another >small balloon expansion last Tuesday but it does not seemed to have >helped as much as the previous time. I have an appointment with the >surgeon on July 2nd. > >I look forward to reading posts to get more information and would be >glad to answer any questions. > > > > > >Sponsor<http://rd./M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705\ 061589:HM/A=1564416/R=0/SIG=11ti81skc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60164\ 797 & partid=3170658> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Hi Kim ...... My apologies for not responding sooner ..... thank you for your kind welcome message ...... the manometry is not too bad .... just try and relax ...... I had a very good technician who took her time and explained everything ..... let me know how you make out ..... > >Hi .... > > > >My name is and I live in Calgary, Canada. I am a 51 year old > >who is otherwise in good health. I was diagnosed as having Ashalasia > >earlier this month. I have had had swallowing difficulties for > >probably three years. Initially the family Dr. said I was eating too > >fast. The problem became more chronic by early in the new year and > >by > >March I was hardly able to keep down anything to the point I was > >getting dyhydrated. I had a gastroendoscopy on March 10th and the > >Dr. > >expanded my lower esophagus using a small balloon. The Dr. sent me > >for a barium swallow and manometry. When I met with the Dr. on June > >12th he gave me the definitive diagnosis of Ashalasia. Due to my age > >and good health he has recommended the Heller myotomy. I had another > >small balloon expansion last Tuesday but it does not seemed to have > >helped as much as the previous time. I have an appointment with the > >surgeon on July 2nd. > > > >I look forward to reading posts to get more information and would be > >glad to answer any questions. > > > > > > > > > > > >Sponsor<http://rd./M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egrou pweb/S=1705061589:HM/A=1564416/R=0/SIG=11ti81skc/*http://www.netflix. com/Default?mqso=60164797 & partid=3170658> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Hi again Katy, day treatment has worked well for so many, I'm sure your son will really benefit from going!! I know we've had members here from Florida and/or those who have gone to some really knowledgeable treatment centers/doctors in FL so hope they see your post and can comment. I don't guess there is anyone here who hasn't grieved over their child and the ongoing OCD! And even after all these years (6 years) of having OCD in our lives, I still have my bad days (weeks!) regarding my son. Have you read " Welcome to Holland " ? It's passed around to parents of children with Down's or autism a lot but certainly fits for any disability I think. Usually makes me feel a bit better to read it. Maybe because growing up, Holland was a place I always said I wanted to visit. http://www.creativeparents.com/Holland.html I think (hope) that although my son and me could certainly have done without OCD in our lives, that we've learned/benefited to understand mental illness and that we've actually grown closer, even though I've definitely given him some hard days, words, etc., at times. After all, I've had to be his best friend thru all of this, the *one* who understands and knows that he isn't doing/thinking all of this OC stuff because he wants to and he is the one who is constantly living with it inside himself. (Heck, I think I understand OCD better than him because it's hard for him to separate himself from it sometimes, as if it's *him* and not the illness. Plus I have a bit of OC tendencies myself, but nothing that ever got out of control to the severity that my son has it.) Is Dad going to Florida too? Might help him to gain a better understanding and handle it better in the future. Well things to do, but glad you found our group! It's been my best support thru the years! single mom, 3 sons , 18, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers (autism/mild) > > We will be traveling to FL and are placing our son in a day treatment > center. We are exhausted mentally, physically, and we are seeking > something different in the way of treatment. I believe that when what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hello everyone, I am Lida from London U.K. I was a member of a previous online forum which (in my absence) has disappeared, presumably closed down by Ysabol. It's good to see familiar names like Carole the elder, Joyce and Racine. Since mid-2005 I've been busy renovating my house (and having a little love affair too). When both were over I returned to the computer & found Scoliochat had gone. I'm 56 and I had a 2-stage operation (Luque & Harrington) in October 1984. Mine is an idiopathic kyphosis; my mother spotted that something was wrong when I was 4 months of age. Nothing genetically in the families. I wore the Milwaukee for a little while - no improvement. Also had traction plus plaster cast for a week, which pulled out the kinks very well (I was afterall 13), but once removed went back to the same position. When I first consulted a surgeon in 1979 he told me to come back in 3 yrs because he couldnt do anything for me at that time. I returned in 1984 and he said he was prepared to operate on me. I have one curve which pre-op was 120 (although my surgeon softened that piece of information at the time by telling me I was around 90). Reduced to approx 90 now. I was 33 when I had the surgery, so the deformity was well established and of course the rotational aspect prevented further correction. The rotation also prevents decreasing the hump size apparently. Lida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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