Francisco!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Francicso! I have a difficult time with the manometry. No matter

how hard I try to relax I still regurgitate saliva EVERY SINGLE TIME.

(and sometimes I even cry) I have had that test 3-4 times..the most

recently in Nov. I don't eat past 8pm but in the past as long as 15

hours before. It most definitely is a tough test for me to get

through. I got a pneumatic dilitation in 2002 and it lasted for

about 5 years and just had one last week with great success. I worry

a great deal about the risk of perforation since I had a myotomy and

dilitations...but the benefits are worth it to me. The assistant who

actually performed my dialation under supervision of the dr. told me

the risk of perforation in 1-2%. Then right before I go under for the

procedure the dr. says " You know the risks..you have done this

before..we hope for the best but....we don't know " (talking about

perforation) I'm like...great...

I am 100% for myotomies. It saved my life. And I have 3 kids to live

for!!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Dawn in Ohio

> > >

> > > 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

> > >

> >

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