Re: Update: from Louisiana...first post op message

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There is hope that they may lessen over time. I am one month post hm and my

spasms have almost completely gone away. I have a prescription for hyomax in

case one does strike.

S

-- Update: from Louisiana...first post op message

Hi!

I made it through the Heller's and the fundoplication quite well, that

was about 9 days ago. Thanks for all your encouragement! It WAS worth

it.

I am amazed at how little pain there was after the surgery! I am a big

chicken when it comes to pain and I stopped taking the pain meds by

midnight of the same day. I am faithfully following the gradual liquid

to soft food diet.

I was going to ask if any of you STILL experience the spasms in the

esophagus *after* the surgery, but on the recent posts (and some archive

messages) I have just read I see that most of you do. I guess it is

something I have to live with and that's ok because if I take a Gas-X

strip *or* the Levsin under the tongue that was prescibed - the pain

goes away within a few minutes. I just thought that those pains would be

gone. I mostly experience it around 3 a.m.....so it wakes me up big

time!

I go to my post op appointment on Thursday - May 17th. I'll ask the Dr.

about that and maybe look up more of the archives of this group.

Again, thanks for all of your encouragement and sharing your experiences

about the surgery for achalasia.....I will definitely keep up with this

group!..

.. from Louisiana

[Guest guest]

Congrats -  glad to hear you are doing so well. I guess when it comes to

treatment we have to weigh the good with the bad. If I could eat better, more

normal solid food I could tolerate the spasms better. I generally get mine in

the middle of the night as well but last week when I was on a conference call

one hit and I didn't ahve a bottle of water at my desk. I panicked!! Usually

drinking water will help for me or Nifedepine!

 

Let us know how your progress goes!

 

Kim

Wi

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From: lesleco <lesleco@...>

achalasia

Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:54 PM

Subject: Update: from Louisiana...first post op message

 

Hi!

I made it through the Heller's and the fundoplication quite well, that

was about 9 days ago. Thanks for all your encouragement! It WAS worth

it.

I am amazed at how little pain there was after the surgery! I am a big

chicken when it comes to pain and I stopped taking the pain meds by

midnight of the same day. I am faithfully following the gradual liquid

to soft food diet.

I was going to ask if any of you STILL experience the spasms in the

esophagus *after* the surgery, but on the recent posts (and some archive

messages) I have just read I see that most of you do. I guess it is

something I have to live with and that's ok because if I take a Gas-X

strip *or* the Levsin under the tongue that was prescibed - the pain

goes away within a few minutes. I just thought that those pains would be

gone. I mostly experience it around 3 a.m.....so it wakes me up big

time!

I go to my post op appointment on Thursday - May 17th. I'll ask the Dr.

about that and maybe look up more of the archives of this group.

Again, thanks for all of your encouragement and sharing your experiences

about the surgery for achalasia.....I will definitely keep up with this

group!..

.. from Louisiana

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for your response. It is encouraging that the spasms may lessen

over time. Right now one hits me about every other day .....in the

middle of the night ........ I will check into the Hyomax med for the

spasms...... L.

>

> There is hope that they may lessen over time. I am one month post hm

and my

> spasms have almost completely gone away. I have a prescription for

hyomax in

> case one does strike.

>

> S

>

>

>

>

> -- Update: from Louisiana...first post op

message

>

> Hi!

> I made it through the Heller's and the fundoplication quite well, that

> was about 9 days ago. Thanks for all your encouragement! It WAS worth

> it.

> I am amazed at how little pain there was after the surgery! I am a big

> chicken when it comes to pain and I stopped taking the pain meds by

> midnight of the same day. I am faithfully following the gradual liquid

> to soft food diet.

> I was going to ask if any of you STILL experience the spasms in the

> esophagus *after* the surgery, but on the recent posts (and some

archive

> messages) I have just read I see that most of you do. I guess it is

> something I have to live with and that's ok because if I take a Gas-X

> strip *or* the Levsin under the tongue that was prescibed - the pain

> goes away within a few minutes. I just thought that those pains would

be

> gone. I mostly experience it around 3 a.m.....so it wakes me up big

> time!

> I go to my post op appointment on Thursday - May 17th. I'll ask the

Dr.

> about that and maybe look up more of the archives of this group.

> Again, thanks for all of your encouragement and sharing your

experiences

> about the surgery for achalasia.....I will definitely keep up with

this

> group!..

> . from Louisiana

>

>

>

>

>