Re: Re: Scared about esophageal manometry or esophageal motility ...

[Guest guest]

I did my manometry in 2009. Going down the nose was uncomfortable. I gagged

on one swallow, but got past it. I saw the swallow mechanism on the

monitor and that was the moment I really knew that I had achalasia.

Fascinating!

Like you have heard before, despite a Hellers and Dors...I still have A. I

eat slower. Air swallowing gets in the way. I very, very rarely regurg. I

do magnesium. Eat my meat rare and slightly fatty and it goes down with a

good chew. I know what foods I can easily eat. I do hover on this site. It

reminds me I am not alone, I am grateful I am alive and not alone.

Notan and were particularly wise and articulate, as usual, on this

matter. Dont let anyone scare you....we may have a crappy condition, but

we are alive and have learned to cope with it and the bad moments pass to be

grateful ones.

in Santa Barbara

Mine took about 15 minutes and was great. Only gagged once, was real easy,

never painful. The GI doctor did it with a nurse. At the end said I had

classical Achalasia. Done at UCI in Irvine CA 4 years ago.

I decided to have nothing done, found out how to MANAGET it, but I am

retired so spent a lot of time on this site and did much research, it takes

time!

Ray CA OC

>

> Has any one had this done before, if you have, what was it like. From

what I know, the doctors anethesize your nose, then put a tube down your nose

into your esophagus while you are awake. I heard it is painful and there

is a lot of gagging! The doctor said it would take one hour!? Why would it

take an whole hour!? It seemed more like a 15-20 min. test! Is this true? I

am so scared and I am going to have it done this Friday!!!!!! (The doctor

thinks I have achalasia due to evidence from an barium swallow and an

endoscopy)

>