Guest guest Posted August 5, 2001 Report Share Posted August 5, 2001 , i would like to get more info. on your esophagectomy!! It seems the elders of achalasia seem to have had this surgery. Please give me some insight, is this road us younguns may have to take??? (diagonosed at age 30 now 35)!! I would like to know how many others have had their esophaguses removed. What is the procedure and how do you cope? Cheryl Cini --- Fitzgerald <edfitz65@...> wrote: > , > I experienced the spitting up in my early days of > Achalasia. The real danger when this happens is > aspirating food stuff into the lungs. Even now that > I sleep with head and chest raised I am told by my > Dr. that I can still micro aspirate. Whenever I > visited the Dr. he indicated that I had what he > referred to as a crackling sound at lower > extremeties of the lungs. Since I had my esophagus > removed my stomach replaces the esophagus so the > problem with micro aspiration still exists. Just > wanted to share my experience with all. > Ed __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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