Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Dear Don, Â It's just a case of weighing it all up. None of us can tell you what you should do. As you have seen, particularly from Steve, there is no absolute guarantee with the myotomy surgery. But as they say - if you want a guarantee, buy a toaster! LOL Â Dealing with untreated achalasia is exactly that- finding ways to deal with it. I understand that mindset because I chose to deal with mine for many years. The only way that I found any true improvement was to have the myotomy surgery. It has given me the chance to be a normal healthy weight and to choose to eat good food instead of the restriced diet I used to be on which consisted to a large degree of things that you should not eat to excess such as ice cream and chocolate. It is an absolute joy to be able to eat fruit and vegetables. We as achalasians, will never be normal eaters. We have to accept that and make some concessions, particularly with making sure there is always liquid to hand when eating, not over-eating or eating too late in the day, eating a little more slowly. In other words, proceeding with a bit of common-sense. Â It is up to you to make the right decisions for yourself, but if you are in good health I would suggest you consider the myotomy. It has made a great big difference to me and I not only do not regret it, but bless the day that I had it done. I did it for ME and the people who love me. Â Keep in touch with us so that we can help you with your further questions and thoughts. And Good Luck, from Ann (England). From: don <don3778@...> Subject: Re: Anything New? achalasia Date: Friday, 5 December, 2008, 11:22 PM , The surgery I was referri g to was the surgery to repair the bulging disc in my neck, but I did have three dialations back about ten years ago. The dialations worked at first but didn't last long. I was just checking in to see if any new treatments have been discovered or any new tricks that anyone has learned to help cope with achalasia. Thanks, Don in Arkansas > > > > I am a long time survivor of achalasia. I just recently had surgery > > for a bulging disc in my neck and now I am having more trouble with the > > achalasia. It seems as though that I have regressed to the days before > > I learned to get along and get by with this dreaded disease. I was > > just checking in to see if there is anything new that they can do for > > us that have it. > > > > Some of you may remember me, I am the redneck that had my own way of > > handling the problem. I would use warm canned diet colas to help get > > my food to go down. It is still working but since the surgery it is > > not working as well. I think that it is just scar tissue that wil get > > better but I wanted to see if any of you had found any " real relief " . > > > > Hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving and that you have an even > > better CHRISTmas. > > > > don pharr > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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