Myotomy - the definitive treatment?

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Hello everyone

Just joined the group! It feels conforting to hear about similar

experiences going out there and also to know that there is life after

Achalasia!

A brief overview of my tale:

I am currently 24 years old and have been having symptoms for the

past 3 years. These started as very faint problems and developed to

the classic signs of achalasia that I have learned to recognize

(disphagia, regurgitation, chest pain and tightning feeling, the

coughing, the galons of water, the weight loss)...I have only

recently been diagnosed by doctors after a barium x-ray which showed

the classical " bird's beak " .

I have already had an attempt at a Manometry which turned to be too

difficult to do since I wasn't aware of the necessity of not

ingesting any solids on the previous day. The result was a lot of

regurgitation during the said exam. I'm hoping that my next attempt

will be successful since I already have surgery very much in my

sights (to be done within a month's time I hope).

My question for everyone out there is basically this: If done

properly is the surgery really the definitive treatment for

Achalasia?

At first my research indicated that reflux could be the only possible

drawback (10-15% possiblity at the most). However, after reading a

little more and especially after reading some of the posts here, it

seems that there are at least some cases where surgery itself is a

temporary solution or does not completely correct the problem. Is

this true? Is it because of the type of achalasia, the surgeon? Or is

there a luck factor involved?

I really want to get rid of this awful condition for good. Is surgery

the definitive solution for Achalasia?

Thanks,

Francisco