You all are great! Update on Alanna's manometry today

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for all of your messages, definitely feel less

alone now. I was just reading all of your responses to Alanna, and

she was pleased to receive so much advice. If you have any more keep

it coming, we can use all the help we can get!! It definitely helped

to hear all of the advice on the foamy mucous and the dry crunchy

things, she has been eating Funyuns, (not sure if I have that

spelling right) it has been about to give me a panic attack everytime

I see her eat them, whenever I read her all your responses she

said " see mom I told you they are easier to eat than some other

things " . Now to the manometry---

the technician said she had no normal waves of peristalsis, the whole

length of the esophagus tightened or spasmed at the same time but the

pressure did drop slightly at the sphincter. She also said her

esophagus never relaxed completely there was constant little spasms

going on between the big spasm that occurred with all her swallows.

She said the abscence of waves of peristalsis was consistent with

achalasia but usually the sphincter pressure was high as well, and

she said it was unusual that her esophagus never would relax

completely.

Still waiting to hear back from the doctor. In regards to the results

of the manometry, does any of this sound familiar to to any of you?

Angie- mother of Alanna