having stress and having reflux

[Guest guest]

Hi, Fellow Achalasians, There are so many disturbing things happening in my family right now, that my stress levels have finally gone way above and beyond my capacity to handle it all, and, so, here comes my Achalasia, too: trouble swallowing, really nasty this time, and loads and loads of chest pain and acid reflux. I take prescription Prilosec every morning and I take neurontin for neuropathy all over my right side and I am still having NCCP's and nasty pains right around my sternum. Any suggestions about how to control the reflux, anybody? I've really changed my diet (leaving out acidic foods and no coffee and a lot of shifts from meat to softer proteins, no eating too late in the early p.m., etc.). I had a bowl of matza ball soup with a girlfriend last night and, Man!, it was terrible trying to get any of it down. So, I quit. I wonder as if the saltiness of the broth was a real problem. I don't want to have another one of those nights, coughing, sputtering, bringing up junk from my stomach and coughing it out...etc. I really do think stress gets me going. I'm meditating and using prayer at night and in the morning to get myself calm and centered. But, really! these days, I've been having the worst symptoms since before I had my Hellers. Yeesh! (The family stuff involves a power of attorney problem over my family's estate...my Dad's ACCOUNTANT

tried to take POA over everything, and then a real estate agent showed up and his wife blew her cool at my dear sister when my sister said we'd found a different agent to sell the property...jeesh! and then there's a lawsuit at the beach property area where I live...and my daughter got very sick and had to go to a facility up the coast, and...well, you get the picture! yeesh...!) Hey, soda at night seems to help a lot. I'll tell you what I could use some help with: I can't seem to get my acid reflux and the coughing to calm down at night when I finally get into bed, and Man! it really hurts. I've had something close to becoming Barrett's now for a year so I'd really like to tamp down on this current acid problem. Wish I had something

for the pain, too. all best to everyone out there, Deborah P.S. to Ann, the Lilac Lady: They're all coming back now, all those trailers and commisary trucks for the movie folks and the Car du Jour up here in Malibu seems to be the Masserati, which, from what I've been seeing on the coast lately, is also the Car du Jour for crack-ups and crashes at about 5 a.m. when the Celebrities who drive them are just coming back from their fetes! The police up here are going to put up more celebrity check points for St. Pat's Day. Wow, I bet they'll be reeling 'em in! We've got a nice little Irish road house up here, that has, by the way, a great banana cream pie and THAT, I can tell you, I can eat! Yum-o-yum!

[Guest guest]

Gosh girl you really do have alot of things going on! I will tell

you that when my son is stressed, he gets alot of spasms and

then that tences things up causing it to be more difficult for foods

to go down.Not sure why...it just does.Must be another one of those

freebies you guys get that comes along with this wonderful disease.

Ugh!!!

I dont really have anything to help with your acid reflux. I hope

things improve with everything for you here soon. Your having it

ruff.

Hugs to you-

Tonia

>

> Hi, Fellow Achalasians,

>

> There are so many disturbing things happening in my

family

> right now, that my stress levels have finally gone way above and

beyond my

> capacity to handle it all, and, so, here comes my Achalasia,

too: trouble

> swallowing, really nasty this time, and loads and loads of chest

pain and

> acid reflux. I take prescription Prilosec every morning and I

take neurontin

> for neuropathy all over my right side and I am still having

NCCP's and

> nasty pains right around my sternum.

>

> Any suggestions about how to control the reflux,

anybody? I've

> really changed my diet (leaving out acidic foods and no coffee

and a lot

> of shifts from meat to softer proteins, no eating too late in

the early

> p.m., etc.). I had a bowl of matza ball soup with a girlfriend

last night

> and, Man!, it was terrible trying to get any of it down. So, I

quit. I wonder

> as if the saltiness of the broth was a real problem. I don't

want to have

> another one of those nights, coughing, sputtering, bringing up

junk from

> my stomach and coughing it out...etc.

>

> I really do think stress gets me going. I'm

meditating and using

> prayer at night and in the morning to get myself calm and

centered. But,

> really! these days, I've been having the worst symptoms since

before I

> had my Hellers. Yeesh!

>

> (The family stuff involves a power of attorney problem

over my

> family's estate...my Dad's ACCOUNTANT tried to take POA over

everything,

> and then a real estate agent showed up and his wife blew her

cool at my

> dear sister when my sister said we'd found a different agent to

sell the

> property...jeesh! and then there's a lawsuit at the beach

property area where

> I live...and my daughter got very sick and had to go to a

facility up the coast,

> and...well, you get the picture! yeesh...!)

>

> Hey, soda at night seems to help a lot. I'll tell

you what I could use

> some help with: I can't seem to get my acid reflux and the

coughing to calm

> down at night when I finally get into bed, and Man! it really

hurts. I've had

> something close to becoming Barrett's now for a year so I'd

really like to

> tamp down on this current acid problem. Wish I had something

for the pain, too.

>

> all best to everyone out there,

> Deborah

> P.S. to Ann, the Lilac Lady: They're all coming back now, all

those trailers

> and commisary trucks for the movie folks and the Car du Jour up

here in

> Malibu seems to be the Masserati, which, from what I've been

seeing on the

> coast lately, is also the Car du Jour for crack-ups and crashes

at about

> 5 a.m. when the Celebrities who drive them are just coming back

from their

> fetes! The police up here are going to put up more celebrity

check points

> for St. Pat's Day. Wow, I bet they'll be reeling 'em in! We've

got a nice

> little Irish road house up here, that has, by the way, a great

banana cream pie

> and THAT, I can tell you, I can eat! Yum-o-yum!

>

[Guest guest]

Deborah wrote:

Any suggestions about how to control the reflux,

anybody?

I sure wish things were better for you. If you are still having an acid

problem you may need to increase the dose of medication. The problems

swallowing could be from inflammation or stricture caused by the acid.

Myotomy failures are sometimes the result of damage from acid. This is

definitely something you want to take care of. (Like you didn't already

know that.)

notan

[Guest guest]

Deborah, I've had a lot of problems with coughing and reflux also. The reflux problem others have addressed but I had relief from the coughing by taking benadryl. I'm not sure why, discovered it by mistake, hope it helps you.[ I use generic] JeanieDeborah Lattimore <deborah_Lattimore@...> wrote: Hi, Fellow Achalasians, There are so many disturbing things happening in

my family right now, that my stress levels have finally gone way above and beyond my capacity to handle it all, and, so, here comes my Achalasia, too: trouble swallowing, really nasty this time, and loads and loads of chest pain and acid reflux. I take prescription Prilosec every morning and I take neurontin for neuropathy all over my right side and I am still having NCCP's and nasty pains right around my sternum. Any suggestions about how to control the reflux, anybody? I've really changed my diet (leaving out acidic foods and no coffee and a lot of shifts from meat to softer proteins, no eating too late in the early p.m., etc.). I had a bowl of matza ball soup with a girlfriend last night and, Man!, it was terrible trying to get any of it down. So,

I quit. I wonder as if the saltiness of the broth was a real problem. I don't want to have another one of those nights, coughing, sputtering, bringing up junk from my stomach and coughing it out...etc. I really do think stress gets me going. I'm meditating and using prayer at night and in the morning to get myself calm and centered. But, really! these days, I've been having the worst symptoms since before I had my Hellers. Yeesh! (The family stuff involves a power of attorney problem over my family's estate...my Dad's ACCOUNTANT tried to take POA over everything, and then a real estate agent showed up and his wife blew her cool at my dear sister when my sister said

we'd found a different agent to sell the property...jeesh! and then there's a lawsuit at the beach property area where I live...and my daughter got very sick and had to go to a facility up the coast, and...well, you get the picture! yeesh...!) Hey, soda at night seems to help a lot. I'll tell you what I could use some help with: I can't seem to get my acid reflux and the coughing to calm down at night when I finally get into bed, and Man! it really hurts. I've had something close to becoming Barrett's now for a year so I'd really like to tamp down on this current acid problem. Wish I had something for the pain, too. all best to everyone out there, Deborah P.S. to Ann, the Lilac Lady: They're all

coming back now, all those trailers and commisary trucks for the movie folks and the Car du Jour up here in Malibu seems to be the Masserati, which, from what I've been seeing on the coast lately, is also the Car du Jour for crack-ups and crashes at about 5 a.m. when the Celebrities who drive them are just coming back from their fetes! The police up here are going to put up more celebrity check points for St. Pat's Day. Wow, I bet they'll be reeling 'em in! We've got a nice little Irish road house up here, that has, by the way, a great banana cream pie and THAT, I can tell you, I can eat! Yum-o-yum!

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