If I had scared anyone i am sorry

January 16, 2008

i had posted on this group back in 2002 and 2003 as differnt

names. At that time I was only one of three people who had an

esphagectomy done for achalasia. This is important, I am coming up

to my 8th anniversary this February 29th, and I have not seen the

others still posting.

My MD Dr. Gilbert from Boston, " city of champions " . is

going to the Thoracic Surgery Conference this year. He is putting

some information forward about a procedure called a Roux-EN-Y an old

procedure for weight loss. I am having a modified version of this

done March 6h this procedure is designed to be done with the 'ecotmy

to prevent future acid and bile reflux. When your stomach is in your

chest and no longer functions as a stomach it " should " not make any

acid. but for many people whom are young and had their 'ectomies done

8-10 years ago the body has begun to make stomach acid again. The

problem for 80% of the people can be stopped by taking Prevacis or

Zantac or Protonix in very large quantities, often pharmacies are

calling to see if the dosage is a typo. The other 20% require

surgery that is my case.

I say to everyone who had an Esophagectomy for any reason, take

your meds. eat what you can, stay away from coffee and cola's and if

you begin to get any reflux do not lie flat at night and see your MD

asap.

With the help of my wife and my MD's if have 6 of them, I am

wrinting a small book about my experience. I am now 40 years old I

had dysphagia when I was 10. 6 glasses of H2O to get a mouthfull of

food down, my mother was told by my doctors that I was under stress

and needed to calm down there was nothing wrong. My " official

diagnosis " did not com until I was 24.

Enough of this doom and gloom GO PATS!!!!!!! GO CELTICS!!!!!!! AND

ANOTHER RED SOX WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR!!!!!. I'm on disability I have

nothing else to do.

God Bless

ph

New Bedford, Massachusetts

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